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in thread Increment a string with letters and numbers

Using the solution given above:

13:09 >perl -wE "my $s = 'EVO:001 xyz345 EVO:456'; $s =~ s/(EVO:)(\d+) +/$1.++($_=$2)/eg; say $s;" EVO:002 xyz345 EVO:457 13:13 >

Hope that helps,

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Re^5: Increment a string with letters and numbers
by emptyshell (Initiate) on May 21, 2013 at 04:55 UTC
    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Athanasius you are my hero for at least a week. Thank you very much and have a great day!