Okay guys & gals......sorry to ask simple minded
questions..........they must fit my personality :-(
I want to do a simple transliteration.
THE STRING:
$new_name='NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO TEST.11Jun01149232.test';
THIS WORKS:
1 #!/usr/local/bin/perl
-w
2 3 $new_name='NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO > WEEK < MONTH TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test'; 4 print "new_name - $new_name\n"; 5 $new_name =~ tr/ \/&-/_sad/; 6 print "new_name after tr - $new_name\n"; 7 exit ANSWER:
/common/bin>./testit
new_name - NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO > WEEK < MONTH TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test new_name after tr - NEW_a_REdPORT_Vs3_TO_>_WEEK_<_MONTH_TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test Now I want to get rid of "<", ">", "(", and ")" in the
new_name.
THIS DOES NOT WORK(step 1):
1 #!/usr/local/bin/perl
-w
2 3 $new_name='NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO > WEEK < MONTH TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test'; 4 print "new_name - $new_name\n"; 5 $new_name =~ tr/ \/&-<>/_sadlg/; 6 print "new_name after tr - $new_name\n"; 7 exit NOR THIS:
1 #!/usr/local/bin/perl
-w
2 3 $new_name='NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO > WEEK < MONTH TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test'; 4 print "new_name - $new_name\n"; 5 $new_name =~ tr/ \/&-\<\>/_sadlg/; 6 print "new_name after tr - $new_name\n"; 7 exit I GET THIS ANSWER:
/common/bin>./testit
new_name - NEW & RE-PORT V/3 TO > WEEK < MONTH TEST(MIN).11Jun01149232.test new_name after tr - NEW_a_REgPORT_Vsg_TO_g_WEEK_g_MONTH_TESTlMINggggJungggggggggtest I didn't proceed to step two which would transliterate () to rq
respectively.
Any thoughts appreciated.............I'm hiding my face 'cause it is
probably very sophomoric, but I don't see it.
TIA
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