in reply to Re: Can you guess what this code does?
in thread Can you guess what this code does?

The correct explicit form is: 
s/\r/\n/g;

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This can be rendered in emacs using "^Q^M" in place of "\r" and "^Q^J" in place of "\n" (or just the "return" key").

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Re: Re: Re: Can you guess what this code does?
by japhy (Canon) on Apr 18, 2002 at 13:19 UTC
    Bravo. :) Funny about the backspace thing... when I asked the question on #perl, converter answered the same way, and then corrected himself.

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    s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;

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