in reply to Find number of short words in long word

qx/echo @{["{$a}" x $k]}/
is better written as
glob("{$a}" x $k);

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Re^2: Find number of short words in long word
by sedm1000 (Initiate) on Jul 14, 2009 at 21:44 UTC
    Cool. Thanks, that does the trick. I'm always amazed by how quickly people here can come up with an answer I have spent days working on...