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Re: Parens mess up regex substituteby Crackers2 (Parson) |
on Jan 26, 2012 at 16:14 UTC ( [id://950154]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
While all of the above answers are correct, I think they may be slightly missing the point of your question. What I understand you're asking is: "Why do the parens in $str do not screw up
but do screw up
?" And the answer to that is: they don't. It's not the parens in $str that are the problem in the second substitution, it's the parens in $name
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