> Thanks Giampaolo! Does this mean that "whatever character you like"
> cannot show up anywhere else in the string (except the very end)?
Right. 'q' is meant exactly to use, in example, " and ' characters in strings
with no escaping mechanism.
There are few exceptions to this trick (i.e.: you
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote:
You can use any quoting mechanism you like:
...("This is a programmer's ...")
...([EMAIL PROTECTED] is a programmer's ...@)
etc.
Sorry for the Perl question.
Is the "q" in "([EMAIL PROTECTED] is a programmer's ...@)" a typo?
No, it isn't. It means "QUOTE
> > You can use any quoting mechanism you like:
> >
> > ...("This is a programmer's ...")
> > ...([EMAIL PROTECTED] is a programmer's ...@)
> > etc.
>
> Sorry for the Perl question.
> Is the "q" in "([EMAIL PROTECTED] is a programmer's ...@)" a typo?
No, it isn't. It means "QUOTE" and allows you
