RE: simple question

[Wagner-David]

        I placed as :

        $_ ='NMn';

        s/M/sprintf " "x20/e;
        printf "%-s\n", $_;

Output:
N                    n

One way.

Wags ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 20:47
To: Perl List
Subject: simple question


How do I replace the letter M with 20 spaces.
 
s/M/\s[20]/; # dosen't seem to work :-(
 
Regards
Stuart Clark
 

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