Re: Using special characters in left part of a regex match?

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$var[$j] =~ s/\.\.\./\.\+/g;

The right half of an s/// substitution is not a regex, but a mere string. So if you want to construct .+ in the replacement, you need to write it as .+ and not at \.\+.

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Re^2: Using special characters in left part of a regex match? by LanX (Saint) on Feb 06, 2013 at 00:14 UTC
> you need to write it as .+ and not at \.\+. He doesn't need to, it's no error. But it's better readable w/o escaping. Cheers Rolf	[reply]

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