On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Ron wrote: > I have been using the below subroutine for Parsing my data from forms. The > question I have; can someone explain this line to me, > $value =~ tr/+/ /; > > The tr has me a bit confused.
tr is "transliterate", so it translates the first argument (+, in this case) to the second argument (space in this case). So, "+++" becomes " ". Hope it helps, Michael -- Absolute power corrupts absolutely, which is a problem... If you're powerless. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]