error trying to substitute a @ with a \@ in a string 1

[jcarrott]

I am trying to change the @ sign in the string to a \@ so that I can use the string as part of a mail command.

            $vSendTo = "myname@ochsner.org";        # over-ride $vSendTo
            $vSendTo =~ s/@/\\@\;

            print "\t$vSendTo\n";

The error I get is

$ perl reqNoteTest_sh
Substitution replacement not terminated at reqNoteTest_sh line 2.

Can somebody tell me how to format the special characters?

 

[jcarrott]

I tried

            $vSendTo = "myname@ochsner.org";
            $vSendTo =~ s:\@:\\@:;

            print "\t$vSendTo\n";

and the result was

$ perl reqNoteTest_sh
        myname.org

I was hoping that switching to : rather than the backlash would help. It did not.

Can somebody help me?

 

[kodr]

Try this:

$vSendTo = 'myname@ochsner.org';

This may solve your problem.

 

[jcarrott]

that worked thank you