I have the follows code perl -e ' @a=(q{a...x name=taga_1 #...d name=tagb_1 f...r name=tagc_1 xxnn}, q{h...e name=taga_4 t...g name=tagb_4 k name=tagc_4 nn}); $ndx = 0; foreach $ln (@a) { print "b4 = $ln\n"; $ln =~s/(name=.*)\d+/\1$ndx/g; print "af = $ln\n"; $ndx++ }' Which produces: b4 = a...x name=taga_1 #...d name=tagb_1 f...r name=tagc_1 xxnn af = a...x name=taga_1 #...d name=tagb_1 f...r name=tagc_0 xxnn b4 = h...e name=taga_4 t...g name=tagb_4 k name=tagc_4 nn af = h...e name=taga_4 t...g name=tagb_4 k name=tagc_1 nn
I would like to produce: b4 = a...x name=taga_1 #...d name=tagb_1 f...r name=tagc_1 xxnn af = a...x name=taga_0 #...d name=tagb_0 f...r name=tagc_0 xxnn b4 = h...e name=taga_4 t...g name=tagb_4 k name=tagc_4 nn af = h...e name=taga_1 t...g name=tagb_1 k name=tagc_1 nn Any help will be greatly appreciated. jwm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>