Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO wrote: Hey guys - what's with the HTML ?
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 16:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: regular expression question > > I have a $a which > > > > $a = "this is a test"; > > > > How can I change $a like: > > > > $a = "this_is_a_test"; > > > > No problem using $a, but if I were you, I would not. In the Perl > sort $a, $b are the default variables to use and I would stay away if I > were you. > > > > That said, > > $a =~ s/ /_/g; You could also use tr (slightly faster) : $a =~ tr/ /_/; -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs