Using variables within Substitution syntax 1

[audiopro]

I am reading text from an external file and need to substitute the text 'XAXUSER' with contents of a scalar.
This replaces 'XAXUSER' with 'USERNAME'.

my $USER='MYUSERNAME';
my $LINK='myscript.cgi?tag=1&mak=34&user=XAXUSER';
$LINK=~ s/XAXUSER/USERNAME/g;
print "$LINK<BR>";

How do I replace 'XAXUSER' with the value of $USER?

Keith

 

[ishnid]

The right-hand-side of a substitution regexp is equivalent to a double-quoted string, so it will interpolate the variable if you just put it in there:

$LINK =~ s/XAXUSER/$USER/g;

 

[audiopro]

Thanks ishnid
I thought I had tried but when I look back at my notes, I had used.

$LINK=~ s/[red]$[/red]XAXUSER/$USER/g;

Keith