Re: perl test

On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 2:14:33 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:33:39 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:
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I figured out my Perl issue. =~ s/([\"])/\$1/g; does the trick.

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If that Perl code does what I think it does, the following Python
equivalent is simpler:
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    «str-expr».replace('"', '""')

The Perl code above escapes quotes, so adds '\' before any "
I know nothing of Python :)
I actually ended up with =~ s/([\$"])/\$1/g; in my final code. I needed
to escape both quotes and '$'
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Retro Guy