Re: about the AT sign (@) WAS: make perl see number as string

2009-10-11 Thread Uri Guttman
> "ES" == Erez Schatz writes: ES> At the most basic level, using single quotes ('like this') rather than ES> double quotes ("like this") will not interpolate any special sign (aka ES> sigils) as a variable. Also, preceding any sigil with a back-slash (\@ ES> \$ \%) will escape them h

Re: about the AT sign (@) WAS: make perl see number as string

2009-10-11 Thread Sisyphus
- Original Message - From: To: Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 10:00 AM Subject: about the AT sign (@) WAS: make perl see number as string rea...@newsguy.com writes: What is the proper way to escape or protect an `at sign' (@) inside a perl script where you might need i

Re: about the AT sign (@) WAS: make perl see number as string

2009-10-11 Thread Erez Schatz
2009/10/12 : > rea...@newsguy.com writes: > >> What is the proper way to escape or protect an `at sign' (@) inside a >> perl script where you might need it for sending email. At the most basic level, using single quotes ('like this') rather than double quotes ("like this") will not interpolate an

about the AT sign (@) WAS: make perl see number as string

2009-10-11 Thread reader
rea...@newsguy.com writes: > What is the proper way to escape or protect an `at sign' (@) inside a > perl script where you might need it for sending email. > > I' monkeyed around several times and got it escaped... but inbetween I > always forget how I did it... and wondered if the is an accepted