in this code what is the $n =~ /$b/i; On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:53 AM, John Riselvato <jdriselv...@gmail.com>wrote:
> in this code what is the > $n =~ /$b/i; > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Igor Dovgiy <ivd.pri...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Oh my, of course it should be... >> my @repeated = grep { /some regex here/ && ++$seen{$_} > N } >> @source_array; >> ... to work properly. >> >> -- iD >> >> 2011/12/30 Igor Dovgiy <ivd.pri...@gmail.com> >> >> > Hi Xi, >> > >> > You're looking only for 'p' letters, not D and O? Why? >> > >> > Anyway, generic solution will be something like... >> > >> > my %seen; >> > my @repeated = grep { /some regex here/ && $seen{$_} > N } >> @source_array; >> > >> > ... where N is how many times the symbols should appear in the source >> > array to be counted as duplicate. >> > and 'some regex' is, well, some regex to filter the symbols if needed. >> :) >> > >> > -- iD >> > >> > 2011/12/30 Xi Chen <cxde...@gmail.com> >> > >> >> Yes, I agree the code looks strange. Do you have any idea to do this >> >> with a clear code? I mean to find two same letters, "p" in @a? >> >> >> >> Xi >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:17 PM, John W. Krahn <jwkr...@shaw.ca> >> wrote: >> >> > Xi Chen wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> >> >> >> I saw a code below to get two same letters "p" in @a. >> >> >> >> >> >> @a = qw (D D p O H p A O); >> >> >> foreach $b (@a){ >> >> >> $n =~ /$b/i; >> >> >> if($n>= 2){ >> >> >> $m = $b; >> >> >> } >> >> >> } >> >> >> >> >> >> But I don't know what does ">=" mean. Thank you! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > It means "greater than or equal to". The expression "$n >= 2" is >> true >> >> if >> >> > the value in $n is equal to 2 or is any value greater than 2, 6 for >> >> example. >> >> > If the value in $n is less than 2 then the expression is false. >> >> > >> >> > Your algorithm looks weird though because you are testing $n for the >> >> > presence of alphabetic characters (and then not using that >> information) >> >> and >> >> > then using $n in a numerical context. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > John >> >> > -- >> >> > Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and >> >> > more complex... It takes a touch of genius - >> >> > and a lot of courage to move in the opposite >> >> > direction. -- Albert Einstein >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >> >> > http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >> >> http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > "Its the Othello of programming languages: a minute to learn, a lifetime > to master" - mwn3d (RosettaCode irc) > > > > -- "Its the Othello of programming languages: a minute to learn, a lifetime to master" - mwn3d (RosettaCode irc)