You miss my point but thanks for the syntax check. I am concerned with comparing the functionality, one versus the other. Thanks.
--- On Mon, 8/3/10, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: tr// versus s///g To: "Tony Esposito" <tony1234567...@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: "Beginners Perl" <beginners@perl.org> Date: Monday, 8 March, 2010, 9:38 Tony Esposito wrote: > Does tr/'\n'/' '/ do the same as tr/'\n'/' '/g? ( replace newline with space > ) > If so, is one preferred over the other? Neither of the above is correct. The correct forms are: tr/\n/ /; s/\n/ /g; -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
