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$text_to_emphasise =~ s/(\d+)/_*\1*_/g;

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Re^2: Bold text
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 11, 2005 at 08:58 UTC
    You ought to be using $1 in the replacement, not \1. -w would have told you.
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      Nothing to see here.

       

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