> I' d like to know if it' s possible to print the number > of occurences of letter "o" inside a variable string, > using perl function map.
$qty = $string =~ tr/o/o/; Shortest and seemingly the fastest solution. Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]