Re: [SLUG] Stupid Regex questions..

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Howard <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> :1,$s/$ord/$ord->/g
>> 
>> A $ is only interpreted as a line end if
>> it is the last char in the pattern.

> Except that in Perl the $ord would normally be interpreted as the variable
> $ord, and thus the $ needs to be quoted (or some other quoting would be
> required).

But in the scope of a regex, the first $ can not be interpreted as the prefix
of a variable.  The second may be but only if you use s///e.
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