>>>>> "RC" == Robert Citek <robert.ci...@gmail.com> writes:
RC> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Robert Citek wrote: >>> >>> How does one transliterate in perl using a negated character class? >> >> echo "abcxyz" | perl -ple '$_ =~ tr/abz/N/c' >> >> See `perldoc perlop` and search for /tr\/SEARCHLIST\/REPLACEMENTLIST\/cds/ RC> Thanks. I took a little break from coding which helped clear my mind. RC> That and your reference to the right doc section (instead of an RC> overly vague RTFM) reminded me that I wanted s/// not y///. RC> $ echo "abcxyz" | perl -ple '$_ =~ s/[^abz]/N/g' that works but tr/// is faster and more direct. regexes are slower than simple char translation by a table. uri -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
