RE: [FWP] binary to ascii to binary

["Larry Rosler" <lr@hpl.hp.com>]

> From: Joey Mitchell Comeau [mailto:aw096@chebucto.ns.ca]
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 05:05
> To: Rosler, Larry
> Cc: fwp@technofile.org
> Subject: RE: [FWP] binary to ascii to binary

...

> 	Is it possible to put a variable in a regular expression?
> 	i.e.
> 	s/$this/$that/ ? (I know this one itself won't work because $ is
> the end of the line char,)

Why not?  Did you try it?

Hint:  $ in those 'double-quotish' environments signals interpolation.
The $ is the end-of-the-line character when there is no other possible
interpretation.

--
Larry Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com



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