On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:30:55PM -0000, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:52:19PM -0000, Rob Dixon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Kenton Brede wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm having trouble counting the number of specific substrings within a > > > > > string. I'm working on a bioinformatics coursework at the moment, so my > > > > > string looks like this: > > > > > > > > If you don't get an answer to your question this is probably why - > > > > > > > > http://learn.perl.org/beginners-faq#2.2%20%20what%20is%20this%20list%20_not_%20for > > > > > > Hi Kent. > > > > > > Which of that list did you think was relevant? > > > > "Homework" am I wrong? He said he was working on "bioinformatics > > coursework." If I'm wrong I apologize for opening my "mouth." > > Thx Kent. > > There's no by-line on this site, so I don't know who wrote it. This is > what it says: > > 2.2 - What is this list _not_ for? > > - SPAM > - Homework > - Solicitation > - Things that aren't Perl related > - Monkeys > - Monkeys solicitating homework on non-Perl related SPAM. > > This is gratuitous. Apart from being a redundant structure > which includes both 'all monkeys' and 'some monkeys', I think > this is supposed to be humorous. Those outside the US will > be asking, "What's a monkey?", and those inside it will become > one.
OK my mistake. I've been on newsgroups/lists where the "no homework rule" is enforced and just assumed the FAQ was literal, except for the "monkey" parts of course. I just didn't want the OP to be hanging waiting for an answer when non would be forthcoming. Kent -- "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
