On Wednesday 05 December 2007 09:53, Perl WANNABE wrote: > * Dr.Ruud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-02 14:34]: > > John W . Krahn schreef: > > > Eric Krause: > > > > > > $ perl -le' > > > $_ = q[11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx]; > > > print; > > > s/(1+)/@{[($l=$1)=~y|1|1|]}/g; > > > print; > > > ' > > > 11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > > 5xxx2xxxx6xx2x1xxxx > > > > > > :-) > > > > Aiaiaiai. > > > > $ perl -le' > > $_ = q[11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx]; > > print; > > 1 while s/(\d)(\d)/@{[0==print, $1+$2]}/; > > print; > > ' > > 11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 11111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 2111xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 311xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 41xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx11xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx111111xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 21111xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 3111xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 411xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 51xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 6xx11x1xxxx > > 5xxx 2xxxx 6xx 2x1xxxx > > As this is a beginner's list I'll dare ask the question. > > Can someone please help me understand why this works or better still > point me to some documentation where I can read more and get my teeth > into this kind of thing! > > I thought I was pretty good at regular expressions but this creation > of what seems a nameless hash in the replacement side of the regular > expression is something I've never seen before, both John and Affijn > do this @{ [ ] } anonymous array of hash which isn't because inside > the [ ] you have a function ?
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