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Re: [MacPerl] interpolating
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 03:41:59PM -0700, A K Suska wrote:
> > Straightforward but inelegant:
> >
> > s/<!--(\$[a-zA-Z_]\w*)-->/$$1/g;
> >
> > This treats the value of $1 as a symbolic reference to another variable.
>
> better to do:
> s/<!--\$([a-zA-Z_]\w*)-->/${$1}/g;
Yup, the dollar sign should not have been part of the symbolic reference.
Thanks for the correction!
> Unless you use strict, where you would have to use Ken William's suggestion:
> s/<!--(.*?)-->/$1/eeg;
Just be careful about what gets put in the comments.
Ronald
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