Thanks for the answers I got for this one. There was a bit of a resounding "doh!" when I saw the "just add g" answer. I must have read about this a million times before, but those brain cells just failed to activate when I was trying to do this yesterday.
Paul. You wrote: > >Paul Murphy said: >> >> >> Hello, this is a two part question: a how to, and a how best to. >> >> I have a string of numbers: >> >> "2329238023089823" >> >> And I want insert a space after each number. I can see how to insert >> after the first: >> >> s/(\d)/$1 / >> >> Can any one tell me how I can get the regexp to continue through the >> string and insert spaces throughout? > >Stick a "g" on the end. > >> The next part of the question is, given the above string, what is the >> best way of displaying the string with the added spaces, without >> necessarily altering it in the variable? > >Best? That depends. One way is: > > print join " ", split //, $str; > >That is slightly different in that there is no space at the end. > >-- >Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
