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Answer: How do i escape a '/' character when using tr?
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Q&A > strings > How do i escape a '/' character when using tr? contributed by merlyn

That's odd. 
  $count_slash = tr/\///;

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works just fine in my copy of Perl. Or you can use an alternate delimiter: 
  $count_slash = tr#/##;

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