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Static has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

greetings monks --

trying to convert string '11/29/2001' to string '11\/29\/2001'.

i have attempted several conversions to no avail:

$dt =~ s/\//\\\//g $dt =~ s{/}{\/}g $dt =~ s{/}{\\/}g

all of my attempts thus far have failed to produce the desired result, all return either the original string or 11\\/29\\/2001.

i know this is an easy one, but it's trapped behind the cobwebs of many beers in my mind.

thanks for the help.

edited by footpad, ~Fri Nov 30 21:16:31 2001 (GMT)