You might want to try using the input line separator system variable "$/". By default it is "\n", but you can set it to whatever you like e.g. $/ = " "; #This makes the newline character a whitespace
so then $testValue1 = "a b"; might be what you want to accomplish, I'm not sure, Hope this helps- PJD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fahmawi, Yazan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: newline issue > Hello, > > I was wondering whether someone might be able to help me with the following > problem: > > How do I replace all instances of a newline in a string in Perl with the > literal value "\n" (minus quotes). For example, if I have the string > > $testValue1 = "a > b"; > > how can I change it to > > $testValue1 = "a\nb"; > > ? > > I have tried using pattern matching and regular expressions. Here is what > the code for the substitution I tried: > > $testValue1 =~ s/\n/\\n/mg; > > So it is supposed to find all newlines, and replace them with "\\n". What > happens, however, is that the newline character seems to remain, but the > "\n" is added. Continuing with the above example, > > $testValue1 = "a > \nb"; > > Does anyone know what I might be able to do, or have any suggestions? I > would appreciate any response greatly. > > thanks, > Yazan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
