substitution

[Raghupathy, Ramesh .]

Hi,

   I am trying to translate the abbreviation of the form A(4) to AAAA. I
tried substitution as follows:
$wholefile =~  s/(\w)\((\d+)\)/$1{$2}/g;

This results in the abbrevation being replaced by spaces. How can I get this
to work ?

Thanks,
Ramesh




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