split a string by backslash

er_anant

Hi all,

I want to replace "\" by a "\\" in a string.

How to do it ?

regards

Kumar

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er_anant

its done guys...

$str_regreplace = "Hello\\World";

$str_regreplace =~ s/\\/\\\\/;
print $str_regreplace . "\n";

Adam Stoller

its done guys...

$str_regreplace = "Hello\\World";

$str_regreplace =~ s/\\/\\\\/;
print $str_regreplace . "\n";

Your regex is limited and will not work for "Hello\\World\\Again"
Why would you want to do this anyway?
More often than not - you want to replace '\' (Windows-only path separator) with '/' (portable path separator) - using your above example (or my modified version of your example string):

$str_regreplace =~ tr|\\|/|;