Re: map function has me confused

[Chas Owens]

On 12 Jun 2001 11:32:46 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
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> For this, I much prefer:
> 
>         s/foo/bar/ for @new = @original;
> 
> And it's even less typing!
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Could you break this down into English?  

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