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Re: /ee regex modifierby chipmunk (Parson) |
| on Nov 14, 2001 at 08:38 UTC ( [id://125244]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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If /e interpolated variables in the replacement, then a substitution like the following would not work:
s/(\d+)/$x = $1/e;
/e treats the replacement string like eval BLOCK. It's compiled at script compile-time, and variables are not interpolated.
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