Re: Matching or masking specific characters in an array of strings

I think I understand what you're looking for. Here is an example which I think will help you

my $x1 = "hello" ;
my $x2 = "balln" ;

$x1 =~ s/[^$x2]/-/g ;
print $x1 ;
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Produces: --ll-

If not, ignore this post :)

Cheers LuCa

UPDATE: I think I have to admit that my approach doesn't work at all, sorry

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Re^2: Matching or masking specific characters in an array of strings by duggles (Acolyte) on Dec 19, 2008 at 14:38 UTC
thanks! you're right it doesn't quite cover the complete problem, but it furthers my regex education! Life is short, but it's wide -- Chuck Pyle	[reply]