On Apr 23, Ron said: >Thank you. I feel like a dummy. Duh, tr = translate, I learned that in my >beginning PERL classes. Thank you folks for jogging my feeble mind.
Actually, tr/// stands for "transliterate", which means something different. Translation is a context-related conversion of one thing to another. The translation of the French phrase "il fait froid" is "it is cold" (as in, the weather). Transliteration is a LITERAL conversion of one thing to another, disregarding context. The transliteration of "il fait froid" is "it makes cold". And, for you sed users, Perl offers y///, a synonym of tr///. What does it stand for? Why, just check my .sig. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
