[Israel.pm] use $a in match

[Oded Arbel]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 14:56 +0300, Ernst, Yehuda wrote:
> Can i use $a parameter inside match

Not without escaping it, as $ has a special meaning inside a regular
expression.

> I will write 
> 
> $a=5;
> 
> ($q) = $string =~ m/$a/;

A simple way to escape is to use \Q and \E, as thus:
$string =~ m/\Q$a\E/

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