Rob Dixon wrote: > Grant wrote: >> >> 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.
Or with one regexp: $text =~ s/[[:^alnum:]\s]+/ /g; John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
