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From: Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com>
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Subject: Re: perl test
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 12:06:32 +0000
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 2:14:33 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:33:39 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:
>
>> I figured out my Perl issue. =~ s/([\"])/\\$1/g; does the trick.
>
> If that Perl code does what I think it does, the following Python
> equivalent is simpler:
>
>     «str-expr».replace('"', '""')

The Perl code above escapes quotes, so adds '\' before any "

I know nothing of Python :)

I actually ended up with =~ s/([\$"])/\\$1/g; in my final code. I needed
to escape both quotes and '$'

-- 
Retro Guy