#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
#  Split YANDS into SANDY

{
    my $string = 'YANDS';

    #  First approach ..

    my @chars = split ( //, $string );
    my $result = join ( '', $chars[-1], @chars[1..($#chars-1)], $chars
+[0] );

    print "1) $string -> $result\n";

    #  Second approach ..

    $result = join ( '', reverse ( $string =~ m/(.)(.+)(.)/ ) );

    print "2) $string -> $result\n";
}

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Way too much fun. There are so many ways to do it, and I'm sure I could imagine a few more (I wanted to use shift and pop on the array as well ..), but my bed (and some excellent cold medication) is calling.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

In reply to Re: Swap the characters by talexb
in thread Swap the characters by sandy1028

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