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Re^3: transliteration d flag not working as expected

by LanX (Saint)
on Jun 09, 2013 at 12:29 UTC ( [id://1037925]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: transliteration d flag not working as expected
in thread transliteration d flag not working as expected

Not sure if it's slower, 'tr///' doesn't allow variable interpolation.

Using it twice in a DRY way means putting the pattern into a variable which leads to eval :(

Because the transliteration table is built at compile time, ne +ither the SEARCHLIST nor the REPLACEMENTLIST are subjected to dou +ble quote interpolation. That means that if you want to use va +riables, you must use an eval():

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^4: transliteration d flag not working as expected
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 09, 2013 at 13:14 UTC

    What I had in mind was that  s/// would be messier/slower if interpolation was unnecessary, as the OPed problem statement seemed to indicate. I agree that if interpolation becomes necessary,  s/// is almost certainly preferable to an eval approach.

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