Re: Regex: Searching for a string with special characters

I assume by 'brackets' you mean parentheses? That is, '(' and ')'?

Try using \Q ... \E in your regular expression if you want to 'escape' the string being searched against:

    if ( ! /\Q$search\E/ ) { print "No Match found\n"; next; }
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You can find more by reading perlre.

And another option is to use the qr/\Q$search\E/ syntax, which you can find in perlop.

Update: Fixed wording (thanks for pointing that out, Hofmator++.)

Good luck!

s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/

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Re^2: Regex: Searching for a string with special characters by Hofmator (Curate) on Nov 03, 2006 at 10:26 UTC
And another option is to use the qr/$string/ syntax, which you can find in perlop. Just a small annotation. This is only correct if it is supposed to be a general comment. The `qr/$string/` construct has no influence on the escape issue whatsoever. For the escaping see also quotemeta. -- Hofmator Code written by Hofmator and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex: Searching for a string with special characters by Anonymous Monk on Nov 03, 2006 at 13:37 UTC
Thanks a lot. As mentioned by you, 'qr' didn't work for me but I was able to get the desired results using 'quotemeta'.	[reply]