Hello John,
Thank you for your reply.
>Nobumi Iyanaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 4/9/01 at 11:38 AM:
>
> > I have a short question about the "tr" command. Is it impossible to use
> > variables in the tr command, in this way? :
>
>Nope, not like that.
>
> >From perlop.pod:
>
> Note that because the translation table is built at compile
> time, neither the SEARCHLIST nor the REPLACEMENTLIST are
> subjected to double quote interpolation. That means that if you
> want to use variables, you must use an eval():
>
> eval "tr/$oldlist/$newlist/";
> die $@ if $@;
>
> eval "tr/$oldlist/$newlist/, 1" or die $@;
>
>Hope this helps,
>
Yes, that helps very much. Many thanks!
And thank you also to Sean.
Best regards,
Nobumi Iyanaga
Tokyo,
Japan
