in reply to Replace and substitur in same file

Hi,

Open the source file, checking for success.

Open a destination file, checking for success.

Read source file line by line, make substitutions, write to destination file.

Close files for neatness ( OCD, I can't help myself ).

Check for success everywhere you can.

Start EVERY program with strictures. For at least the next 5 years.

J.C.

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Re^2: Replace and substitur in same file
by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 21, 2017 at 09:44 UTC
    Start EVERY program with strictures. For at least the next 5 years.

    Nah. Forever. The cost is nothing and the benefit, just from spotting typos, way out strips the cost of admission.

    Premature optimization is the root of all job security
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      Well, in five years, it should be safe to abandon old versions of Perl, and just:

      use 5.012;

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      … which is better than use strict because it enables strict mode without needlessly loading a module.

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