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in thread Removing spaces, again.

Nope. The return value of an s/// is not the changed string, but the true/false success value.

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Re: Re: Re: Removing spaces, again.
by Gloom (Monk) on Mar 16, 2001 at 19:30 UTC
    I think s/// return the number of modifications issued. Using s/// whitout g modificator, result to return true/false but... saying 0/1 is more sharp ( scuse me for this effrontery master ;)

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