Wagner-David wrote:
>> I have an variable of the following format
>>
>> $i = "buy 10/23/01 50 25.25 50 25.25"
>>
>> Now, I would like to multiply the 3 and 4th fields by a factor (say 2)
>> so I get the following
>>
>> $i = "buy 10/23/01 100 50.50 50 25.25"
>
> Here is one way:
>
> $i
Here is one way:
$i = "buy 10/23/01 50 25.25 50 25.25";
my @MyItems = split( /\s+/, $i );
$MyItems[2] *= 2;
$MyItems[3] *= 2;
my $MyPrnt = join(' ', @MyItems);
printf $MyPrnt . "\n";
prints:
buy 10/23/01 100 50.5 50 25.25
Wags ;)
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