Murali wrote: > Hi, Hello,
> I have a scalar variable $x whose value is "a(b" > > I am trying to replace the paranthesis with a backslash followed by > parenthesis, I mean, ( to \( > > $x =~ s/\(/\\(/g; > > However this is making $x as "a\\(b" which is not what I want. > > Can somebody please help me with the regular expression here? $x =~ s/(?<!\\)\(/\\(/g; John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall Thu Jan 3 09:48:48 UTC 2008 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
