Re: Unmatched [ in regex; marked by <--- HERE .........

2008-08-19 Thread viki
racket that needs to > be matched up. > > The Perl exe is that latest copy from ActiveState. > > Any thoughts/work arounds would be all kinds of appreciated. try using: my @refs = split(/\[/, $references); Viki Visit my Perl blog for Perl tips & Perl tutorials http://techdiar

Re: Unmatched [ in regex; marked by <--- HERE .........

2008-08-19 Thread viki
exp (& expect it not to be recognized as special) you have to escape these chars using a \ (back slash). [ bracket you are using is special to reg exp, it is used to specify a character class. For more info on reg exp special characters / options etc, visit: perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html