Re: Chomping Frenzy question

my $s = "xyabcy*+!*+!*+!*+!*+!*+!";
$s =~ y/*+!//d;
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From perlop :
if you want to use variables either in the SEARCHLIST or REPLACEMENTLIST , you must use an eval()

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Re^2: Chomping Frenzy question by rovf (Priest) on Jul 10, 2008 at 14:18 UTC
$s =~ y/+!//d;* This would replace all the characters in $s, not only those in the end, and it would replace them in any sequence - so this is not useable in my situation. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply]
Re^3: Chomping Frenzy question by linuxer (Curate) on Jul 10, 2008 at 19:32 UTC
`$s =~ y/+!//d;` This would replace all the characters in $s, not only those in the end, and it would replace them in any sequence - so this is not useable in my situation. No, it wouldn't (remove any* character). It removes any occurence of the characters '', '+' and '!' (it's a use of the transliterate operator tr/// (same as y///). It doesn't care about the position of the characters. `$ perl -e 'my $s = "xyabcy+!+!+!+!+!+!"; $s =~ y/+!//d; print +$s, $/;' xyabcy $ perl -e 'my $s = "+!xyabcy+!+!+!+!+!+!"; $s =~ y/+!//d; pri +nt $s, $/;' xyabcy $` [download] I don't think, that `tr///` or `y///` can help you with your chomp problem. update: minor changes in text (... remove any char...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Chomping Frenzy question by rovf (Priest) on Jul 11, 2008 at 08:57 UTC
It removes any occurence of the characters '', '+' and '!'* Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry for being unclear. In any case, this is not a solution for my original problem. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply]