The tr operator will translate one character to another. For example: my $string = "abc"; $string =~ tr/a/d/; print $string;
prints dbc; However, it also returns the number of changes it did. So, if you don't give it anything to change to, you can count how many occurrences of a character were in the string. my $string = "a,b,c"; my $num = $string =~ tr/,//; print $num; prints 2. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Dynah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: Variable question > > Hi everybody. I am a new user and my first question to this list is probably a very simple one. I am trying to count the number of commas in a variable. The book I am learning from doesn't cover specific information like that. Thanks for any help. > > > > Helen > > > > --------------------------------- > Music, Movies, Sports, Games! Yahoo! Canada Entertainment > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
