Re^2: Perl oddities (s/// doesn't DWIM in map)

Good point. More generic: Having no built-in s/// that returns a modified copy is annoying.

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Re^3: Perl oddities (s/// doesn't DWIM in map) by heptadecagram (Novice) on Mar 01, 2005 at 15:40 UTC
True. I'd like to see a switch: `my $modified = s/$pattern/$change_to/gr;` Where `/r` stands for 'replaced', or somesuch.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl oddities (s/// doesn't DWIM in map) by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Mar 01, 2005 at 18:50 UTC
Would that be equivalent to `(my $modified = $_) =~ s/$pattern/$change_to/g;` [download] or `s/$pattern/$change_to/g; my $modified = $_;` [download] ? Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Perl oddities (s/// doesn't DWIM in map) by Joost (Canon) on Mar 01, 2005 at 20:35 UTC
I would say the first one makes more sense. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]