Re: Replace the nth occurence

The built-in substr function does it:

my $count = 3;
my $str = "a,b,c,d";
substr $str, $count, 1, '|';
print $str;
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Re^2: Replace the nth occurence by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Nov 21, 2012 at 05:54 UTC
Have you tried to replace the 2nd comma in the following string using your code? Seems there is room for improvement... `my $str = "aa,bb,cc,dd";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Replace the nth occurence by ColonelPanic (Friar) on Nov 21, 2012 at 08:58 UTC
It doesn't even work on the example string for any count other than three--it was just a coincidence that it happened to be in the right position in that case. When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct? --Larry Wall	[reply]