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new2perl84
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Jul 6, 2009, 5:24 AM

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@ character within a scalar variable string	Can't Post

I'm trying to assign a string of text to a scalar variable which contains the @ character. Is there any way of doing this without the Perl application thinking that i'm trying to place an array variable into the string?

i've read that \Q and \E can be used to turn off 'special characters' but either im using them incorrectly or they dnt work for @'s

I'd be grateful for any help anyone could give!

Thanks in advance

spider
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Jul 6, 2009, 5:32 AM

Post #2 of 4 (248 views)

Re: [new2perl84] @ character within a scalar variable string [In reply to]	Can't Post

If you uses single quotes it should work.

Ex:

Code

my($email) = 'name@domain.com' ;

If you need to combine this with your other scalars you can do something like this:

Code

$email = $name . '@' . $domain ;

shawnhcorey
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Jul 6, 2009, 5:53 AM

Post #3 of 4 (244 views)

Re: [spider] @ character within a scalar variable string [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

If you uses single quotes it should work.

Ex:

Code

my($email) = 'name@domain.com' ;

If you need to combine this with your other scalars you can do something like this:

Code

$email = $name . '@' . $domain ;

You can also escape it with a backslash:

Code

$email = "$name\@$domain";

See `perldoc perlop` and search for the section /Quote and Quote-like Operators/.

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new2perl84
Novice

Jul 6, 2009, 6:19 AM

Post #4 of 4 (240 views)

Re: [spider] @ character within a scalar variable string [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks very much! thats exactly what i needed

In Reply To

If you uses single quotes it should work.

Ex:

Code

 my($email) = 'name@domain.com' ;

If you need to combine this with your other scalars you can do something like this:

Code

 $email = $name . '@' . $domain ;

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