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Interpolating a variable into an escape sequence
Urgh. Never mind. I talked to the bear (http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=376075) and reread perldocs. print eval ('"'.'\c'.eval('"'.$_.'"').'"') foreach ('J', 'L', 'M'); -
Interpolating a variable into an escape sequence
Is it possible to interpolate the contents of a variable into an escape sequence? Something like # print LINEFEED, FORMFEED, and CARRIAGE RETURN print "\c$_" foreach ('J', 'L', 'M'); I have tried: my $x = "L"; print "\c$x"; my $x = "L"; print eval "\c$x"; my $x = '\c'; my $y = 'L'; print...
