in reply to using an RE to consolidate repeated words

s#^(\w+)/$1_#$1_# should be s#^(\w+)/\1_#$1_#. $1 does not work in the match string, only in the replace string. You have to use \1 in the match string.

Perl is Huffman encoded by design.

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Re^2: using an RE to consolidate repeated words
by jaa (Friar) on Aug 16, 2005 at 11:50 UTC
    Fab - thanks and kudos, just the pointer I was looking for!

    Regards,

    Jeff

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