Beginner's question

[Rui Wang]

Hello,

What kind of expression shall I use if I want to refer a "(" in the
strings? For example, substitute "(" by ";".

Thanks.

Rui

 

[Walter Roberson]

:What kind of expression shall I use if I want to refer a "(" in the
:strings? For example, substitute "(" by ";".

tr/(/;/

or

s/\(/;/

 

[Tad McClellan]

What kind of expression shall I use if I want to refer a "(" in the
strings?

"("

Parenthesis are not special in strings.

For example, substitute "(" by ";".

A regex is not a string. Parenthesis _are_ special in a regex.

You escape metacharacters with a backslash:

s/\(//