SPUG: a s/// question.

[Damian Conway]

Scott Blachowicz wrote:

   > Note that the parens are special, so if you want them to match literal
   > parens you need to escape them:
   > 
   >  $Line =~ s/name	last	chng	bid	ask	vol\(H\)


Alternatively, the \Q metacharacter turns off all other special characters
that follow it:

   $Line =~ s/\Qname	last	chng	bid	ask	vol(H)	high	low	ahigh	alow//;


Damian

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