On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:52:07 +0000 Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $s="ab"; > $s=~s/a/AA/; # $s is now "AAb" > > > I would like to achieve the same with something similar to the x > multiplier: > > $n=2; > $s="A"x$n."b"; # $s is "AAb" > > $s="ab"; > $n=2; > $s=~s/a/Ax$n/; # doesn't work, of course; $s is Ax2b $s =~ s/a/"A"x$n/e; > > Is it possible at all? See: `perldoc -f s` and search for: s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/msixpodualgcer > > Thanks > > Jorge Almeida > -- Don't stop where the ink does. Shawn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/