I found my problem, I was using a _ between my $variables to create a string, changed them to commas and everything is great!
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Zampese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:52 PM > Subject: substitute > > > Hi all, me again! > > I have a variable (mymessage) that contains alot of text, plus some $scalar > variables... > > A bit like this. > my $mymessage= 'blah blah blah $myblah with a bit of $moreblah' ; > > then I would like to process this so I can use it as the body of an email. > Like this. > $mymessage =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg; > > This works great and I can continue with sending the email etc, but some of > my $scalars are all digits, and the above regex does not change them > correctly. > I have looked in the perl manpages, but I can only see how to do one or the > other, Anyone have any ideas?? > Thanks as always, > > Chris. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
