Perl match for brackets []
 

Is there a way to search for a [ in Perl using character codes or other methds? I have tried a \[ escape but that does not work. for example

$string = =~ s/[//;

Will not work because perl sees the [ and thinks it is an unclosed statement.

you need to place your backslash before the special character. Are you saying you have tried this? If not i believe this is what it should look like.

$string =~ /\[/;