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how do i assign a piece of code to a variable with special symbol of quotation and semicolon marks?
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how do i assign a piece of code to a variable with special symbol of quotation and semicolon marks?

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Google Analytics code contains special symbol such as quotation and semicolon marks.<br />
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I'm using Perl to dynamically update and replace certain content of my html template to generate static page. &nbsp;For specific purpose, I can't simply just add the tracking code to the html page.<br />
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I would like to use regular expression to match for &lt;/head&gt;<br />
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and then append the Google Analytics code before the closing &lt;/head&gt;<br />
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How can this be done?
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Google Analytics code contains special symbol such as quotation and semicolon marks.

I'm using Perl to dynamically update and replace certain content of my html template to generate static page.  For specific purpose, I can't simply just add the tracking code to the html page.

I would like to use regular expression to match for </head>

and then append the Google Analytics code before the closing </head>

How can this be done?

How do I add/replace Google Analytics code using regular expression?

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