> Hello, can you guys show me how to convert each non-alphanumeric
> character in a string to a space, and then convert any number of
> consecutive spaces in the string to a single space?
>
> If I need to specify exactly which characters I want converted to
> spaces, I'd be happy with just the "." character.
Hi Grant.
$text =~ s/[^[:alnum:]]/ /g;
$text =~ s/\s+/ /g;
will do what you want.
Works like a charm. Thanks Rob!
- Grant
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