On 7/20/2001 2:08 PM, "allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $str =~ s/'/some_temp_for_singles/g;
> print "OK: ", $str;
>
> #this approach would not be OK:
> #$str =~ s/'/"/g;
> #$str =~ s/"/'/g;
This is a fairly standard two element swapping. You have one extra step that
could be deleted. Once
$str =~ s/'/some_temp_for_singles/g;
has executed, there are no \' chars remaining. You can go directly to
$str =~ s/\"/'/g;
$str =~ s/some_temp_for_singles/"/g;
There may be a more elegant way, but this is an improvement over what you
have.
--Shelly
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Shelly Spearing
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