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@fields = qw/this that the_other/;

@fields = grep { s/t/j/ } @fields;

print join(" ",@fields);

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Re^2: Applying regex to array
by davorg (Chancellor) on Nov 24, 2004 at 10:45 UTC

    I don't really understand why you've chosen to use grep here instead of map. With grep you'll lose any elements where the substitution didn't change anything.

    my @fields = qw/this is the_other/;

@fields = grep { s/t/j/ } @fields;

print "@fields"; # prints "jhis jhe_other" (losing "is")

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