As in the title, how can I make the code below match? a = "a" ismatch(r"th$(a)t", "this that") # returns false The problem is that $ has a meaning in a regular expression, but is also used for interpolating strings in Julia.

In an ideal world this thread would pop up as a suggestion as you typed the title of your post: [image] Regex w/ String Interpolation General Usage I want to do something along the lines of: a = "focus" ismatch(r"$(a)\s*:\s*true", "# focus: true") But this doesnt work //…

Can I interpolate a string in a regular expression?

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NiclasMattsson May 7, 2018, 5:07pm 2

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Can I interpolate a string in a regular expression?

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