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in thread $* is no longer supported

You should be printing $ro_string. Due to the aliasing done by for, modifying $_ in the loop also modifies $ro_string.

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Re^4: $* is no longer supported
by JadeNB (Chaplain) on Nov 04, 2009 at 06:17 UTC
    Oops. I was seduced by the name $ro_string into thinking that it was read-only. Thanks!
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