On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > How do I construct a regex to count the number of 'a' within a scalar > variable such as the undermentioned. > One method I can think of is to split the scalar string into a list and then > do the counting but I just feel that this in not necessary. snip
There are two good solutions that I am aware of. You should use the first if you are counting single characters and the second otherwise: my $count = $str =~ tr/a//; my $count = () = $str =~ /a/g; -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
