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That's great. So now you can start writing your code.

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Re^4: character replace
by sandy1028 (Sexton) on Jun 02, 2009 at 12:42 UTC 
    #!/usr/bin/perl
open FH,'ent.txt';
@data=<FH>;
$text='&bush&amp;';

foreach $dat(@data){
$text =~ s/&/&amp;/g;
print $text;
}

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    ent.txt file contains all the entities. This substitutes all the & with &
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      Maybe it would be a good exercise to go through the code you've posted and to explain what every line is supposed to do. Especially the intention of these two parts is important:

      open FH,'ent.txt';
@data=<FH>;

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      What does @data contain? Is data a good name for that?

      foreach $dat(@data){
$text =~ s/&/&amp;/g;

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      1. Why are you iterating over @data?
      2. What does change in the loop code for each iteration?
      3. How does the code in the loop reflect the rules you set up for when to replace & with &amp;?

      What is the output you see, and what is the output you expect. How does the output you expect relate to the rules you've set up for when to replace &?

      In answering these questions to yourself, you will find the steps you need to take to modify your program from a collection of lines into something that does what you want.

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