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in reply to Re^2: How to substitute a string containing "\" with same string in quotes.
in thread How to substitute a string containing "\" with same string in quotes.

Hi

Check the input itself is not containing the '\', because it is interpolated in double quotes.

use strict; my $string = "this is my sting with \ and /slashes. put substing in qu +otes"; my $substring = "with \ and /slashes"; print $string; $string =~ s/\Q$substring\E/\"$substring\"/gi; OUTPUT: this is my sting with and /slashes. put substing in quotes

Instead use single quote in the input like,

use strict; my $string = 'this is my sting with \ and /slashes. put substing in qu +otes'; my $substring = 'with \ and /slashes'; print $string; $string =~ s/\Q$substring\E/\"$substring\"/gi; OUTPUT: this is my sting with \ and /slashes. put substing in quotes

This will give the correct output

Punitha