Matching for the '¦' ?

[Ayeka]

Gotta question:

I want to match things like ':|' ':_|' and exchange them for images. I have the exchange part down, but things with a '|' in the expression do not work. I've tried the following with no luck. Much thanks!

$message =~ s/\Q?:|\E/\<img border=\&quot;0\&quot; src=\&quot;$imagesdir\/huh.gif\&quot; alt=&quot;Huh&quot;>/g;

$message =~ s/(\W|\A)\?\:\|/$1\<img border=\&quot;0\&quot; src=\&quot;$imagesdir\/huh.gif\&quot; alt=&quot;Huh&quot;>/g;

$message =~ s/(\W)\?\:\|/$1\<img border=\&quot;0\&quot; src=\&quot;$imagesdir\/huh.gif\&quot; alt=&quot;Huh&quot;>/g;

...amoungst other possiblities. What am I missing?

 

[TomThumbKOP]

If I understand you, then the | must be escaped with a \. So to match | in a regex you use \|.

 

[Ayeka]

I tried that, It's not working.

 

[TomThumbKOP]

Did you try:

$message =~ s/:_\| || :\|/$1\<img border=\&quot;0\&quot; src=\&quot;$imagesdir\/huh.gif\&quot; alt=&quot;Huh&quot;>/g;

 

[Ayeka]

Hmmm, that's a little better...I think. Now I'm getting my icons with letters in between them:

Where O = image

O O<OyOaObOb ...