Hmm, the return value of tr/// is discussed in Learning Perl under Transliteration, in Camel under the Regexp section and the tr listing in the function description section. It is described in perlfaq4 under the heading, "How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a string?", and in perlfunc tr.

How can you be upset that someone finally gave you a reason to learn something that is so fundamental that it appears in the FAQ and beginner's books? Your reaction is especially incredable considering that the tr/// solution actually directly answers the literal meaning of the question posed. Perhaps not every word in the question was to be taken literally, but that's not really something I like speculating on. Anyway, it's not like being forced to understand perlguts.


Dave


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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Character Count by davido
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