Ergh. I've got this feeling I misunderstood your question. If so, forgive me.
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for my $i (1 ... $num) {
s/$pat/$pat+$i/;
}
Get me?
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Bradford Ritchie wrote:
> Is it possible to take a string ($pat) do a substitution on
> it and print the result, without actually changing the
> contents of the original variable?
No; you have to do the subsitution on a copy.
>
> Basically, I'm trying to write a script that will take a
> str
