[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff 'Japhy' Pinyan) writes:
> On Nov 28, Leon said:
> >(Q2)How to do the following :-
> > If there are 2 spaces, I wish to convert it into 1 like
> >this =>
> > 3 spaces into 2 like this =>
> > 4 spaces into 3 like this =>
>
> I
On Nov 28, Leon said:
>> s/ ( +)/' ' x length($1)/g;
I'm sorry, I left out the /e modifier.
s///eg;
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- Original Message -
From: "Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Leon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >(Q2)How to do the following :-
> > If there are 2 spaces, I wish to convert it into 1 like
> >this =>
> > 3 spaces into 2 like this =>
> > 4 spa
On Nov 28, Leon said:
>(Q1)How to put these three substitutions into one single substitution
>regex.
>$a =~s/$a =~s/>/gt/;
>$a =~s/\\n//;
You should have the /g modifier on those regexes. But here's how to mash
them into one:
my %translate = qw( < lt > gt \n );
my $pat = join '|', m
