Date sent: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:47:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: anthony brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Concatenate similar data in array
To: beginner perl mailling list <beginners@perl.org>
> Hello, my logic is really bad, here is I want to do.
>
> my @list = qw(a b a a d e e );
>
> I want to compact the array by concatenating the adjacent vowels and
> consonant together, like for the above it should become,
>
> my @list2 = qw(ab aa d ee);
>
> How do I get the @list2 ? Thanks.
I think you meant either qw(ab aad ee) or qw(a b aa d ee). In either
case it's easier to start with a string than with an array. Something
like:
@list2 = ('abaadeec' =~ /([aeiouy]*(?:[^aeiouy]|$))/g);
pop(@list2) if $list2[-1] eq '';
or
@list2 = ('abaadeec' =~ /([aeiouy]+|[^aeiouy]+)/g));
pop(@list2) if $list2[-1] eq '';
Depends on what did you actually want, the example you gave makes no
sense to me.
Jenda
===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz =====
When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed
to get drunk and croon as much as they like.
-- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://learn.perl.org/
