On Fri, 11 May 2007 17:50:41 -0400
Steve Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> echo 500 | perl -ple 's|(\d)|length(9 x $1)|eg;'

no you're wrong:
s///g <- matches 5 first. length(9x5) == 5, thats true

but now next digit! 0 -> length ( 9 x 0 )  == length("") == 0
same again....


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