Bryan Harris wrote: > >> perl -lpe '}{*_=*.}{' file > > > > Ooh, an obfuscated verbose way of writing: > > > > perl -lpe'}{$_=$.' file > > Huh? Could someone explain this? The "}{" makes no sense to me...
Well, as Momma used to say: "Just look the other way. Ignore it, and maybe it will go away..." I would not be at all surprised if the code above works, and does *something*. I just prefer to use code that says what it is doing. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>