Re: Re: Re: String Substitution Operator

If I provide a string like "14/01/52", I want the output to be : "14-01-52".

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Re: Re: Re: Re: String Substitution Operator by Roger (Parson) on Oct 23, 2003 at 09:01 UTC
Simple. `my $str = "14/01/52"; $str =~ s/\//-/g; # replace / with - print "$str\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: String Substitution Operator by Aragorn (Curate) on Oct 23, 2003 at 09:05 UTC
By using `$string =~ s!/!-!g`. The exclamation points prevent the "toothpick syndrome" (`s/\//-/g` is a little less readable). Arjen	[reply] [d/l] [select]