[MacPerl-Porters] Paragraph and line break, Unix to Mac

[Linda Hardesty <linda@draco.com>]

Dilettante question -
I have a problem with some PERL code that I suspect has to do with the
difference between Unix and Mac codes for End of paragraph, Break, 
Less Than, and
Greater Than.

Here is the problem section of code:

if ($quote_text == 1) {
       @chunks_of_body = split(/\&lt\;p\&gt\;/,$hidden_body);
       foreach $chunk_of_body (@chunks_of_body) {
          @lines_of_body = split(/\&lt\;br\&gt\;/,$chunk_of_body);
          foreach $line_of_body (@lines_of_body) {
             print NEWFILE ": $line_of_body\n";
          }
          print NEWFILE "\n";
       }
    }

The split function never seems to find any &lt etc., or insert any 
colons, except at the beginning of the text.
What symbols I should use in place of
\&lt\;p\&gt\; and \&lt\;br\&gt\; ?

Thanks!
FYI this is for  putting up a BBS (wwwboard) on a website.


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