On 12/1/07, Eric Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a string like: > 11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > I would like to replace the 1's with the total of 1's like this: > 5xxx2xxxx6xx2x1xxxx
Hmmm.... Smells like homework. What have you tried so far? Your missing pieces of the puzzle may be: the /e flag on an s/// substitution, the length() function. Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/