J. Patrick Lanigan writes ..
>> I was using:
>>
>> $mystring =~ s/\'/\\'/;
>>
>> ...to replace ' with \' in $mystring. It was working find I
>> thought, until I
>> encountered a string with multiple apostrophies. How do I replace
>> 0 or more?
>>
>> Ex:
>>
>> "No More 'I Love You's'"
>>
>> ...should become:
>>
>> "No More \'I Love You\'s\'"
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> $mystring =~ s/\'*/\\'/;
>> $mystring =~ s/(\')*/\\'/;
>>
>> ...neither of which work.
you need the global modifier .. what you're trying to do is do the current
match globally throughout the whole string (not zero or more)
$mystring =~ s/\'/\\'/g;
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jason king
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