Re: finding '

[mfriedman]

I prefer

$string =~ s/([^\])\'/$1\\\'/g;

[ChemBoy]

For a different variation on the same theme, try

$string =~ s/(?<!\\)'/\\'/g;

Though this raises the question "what if the string contains a backslash followed by a single quote?" Which makes the regex slightly more complicated, and leads back to he conclusion that quotemeta might not be such a bad idea, after all...

Update: while I'm writing silly regexes...

$string =~ s/(?<!\\)(?=')/\\/g;

<duck>




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