On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Fred Sahakian wrote: > Im taking in data through a Perl Script with the following conversion: > > $value = ~s/Apple/Orange/g; > > This is fine for new data, but each time the program is run it's > taking all the data being entered and turning the apples into oranges, > any ideas how I get the program to ignore the original data? Ive > tried a variety of logic but have had no luck.
($new = $old) =~ s/apple/orange/; ....will leave the original value alone and place the modified value in a separate variable. -- Eric P. Los Gatos, CA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
