On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 07:15:50AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mark Perkel wrote: > If I have a string, what's that fastest way to count the number of > periods in the string? > > in perl, I would probably split the string at the periods > > @parts = split /\./, $string; > and then just use the number of splits > $#parts
I believe the official/fastest/shortest method is: $count = $string =~ y/.//; -- Randomly Selected Tagline: If a can of Alpo costs 38 cents, would it cost $2.50 in Dog Dollars?
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