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Re: Using special characters in left part of a regex match?by moritz (Cardinal) |
on Feb 06, 2013 at 00:11 UTC ( [id://1017306]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
$var[$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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