Re^2: Golf: Replacing part of a string with "*"

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Re^3: Golf: Replacing part of a string with "*" by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 18, 2006 at 15:53 UTC
Ah! Then `printf "**********%s\n", substr('5424123412345678', -4);; **********5678` [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]

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Ah! Then

printf "************%s\n", substr('5424123412345678', -4);;
************5678
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Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.