escape a whole regex

[Tassos]

I have a file with 2 fields (";" is the seperator): 1 string (field1) & 1 regex (field2)

test1;([\w\-\.:/]+)
test2;(\w\d [\d\/]+)
test3;([\w\d\.])

I want while reading the file to have an array being filled with field1 kai another array
being filled with field2 (easy until here). But field2 should be escaped (all possible
metacharacters) because it will be used as a regex.

e.x.
my $temp =~ s/$field1/$field2/;

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Re: escape a whole regex

Tassos wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a file with 2 fields (";" is the seperator): 1 string
> (field1) & 1 regex (field2)
>
> test1;([\w\-\.:/]+)
> test2;(\w\d [\d\/]+)
> test3;([\w\d\.])
>
> I want while reading the file to have an array being filled with
> field1 kai another array being filled with field2 (easy until
> here).[/color]

Good. :)
[color=blue]
> But field2 should be escaped (all possible metacharacters) because
> it will be used as a regex.
>
> e.x.
> my $temp =~ s/$field1/$field2/;[/color]

What you are saying here does not make sense. Please show us the code
you have written so far, illustrating the problem you encounter.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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[Jim Gibson]

Re: escape a whole regex

In article <1071247180.256 610@athprx02>, Tassos <chatasos@yahoo .com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
> I have a file with 2 fields (";" is the seperator): 1 string (field1) & 1
> regex (field2)
>
> test1;([\w\-\.:/]+)
> test2;(\w\d [\d\/]+)
> test3;([\w\d\.])
>
> I want while reading the file to have an array being filled with field1 kai
> another array
> being filled with field2 (easy until here). But field2 should be escaped (all
> possible
> metacharacters) because it will be used as a regex.
>
> e.x.
> my $temp =~ s/$field1/$field2/;
>[/color]

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It is best to attempt to write a program to do what you are trying and
then post it if it doesn't work. Check out the quote regex operator
qr//. It should help you do what you want.