>>>>> "Chas" == Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chas> On 12 Jun 2001 11:32:46 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Chas> <snip />
>> For this, I much prefer:
>>
>> s/foo/bar/ for @new = @original;
>>
>> And it's even less typing!
Chas> <snip />
Chas> Could you break this down into English?
Copy @original to @new
for each element of @new (aliased to $_):
replace foo with bar
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