^ to :

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Re: ^ to : by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jun 09, 2004 at 15:22 UTC
For substituting individual characters without regard to context, `tr/^/:/` is the right tool. The PerlMonk `tr///` Advocate	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: ^ to : by new_monk (Sexton) on Jun 10, 2004 at 22:58 UTC
That did it, thanks oh wise one.	[reply]
Re: ^ to : by alienhuman (Pilgrim) on Jun 09, 2004 at 15:14 UTC
Hi new_monk, I suggest that you post your code in its entirety, because your second regexp `s/\^/:/g` certainly works in the snippet that I wrote up to test it. My guess is that something else in your code is causing the problem. AH ---------- `Using perl 5.6.1 unless otherwise noted. Apache 1.3.27 unless otherwise noted. Redhat 7.1 unless otherwise noted.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: ^ to : by pbeckingham (Parson) on Jun 09, 2004 at 15:12 UTC
What you have described is correct, given the lack of context. Are you writing out the files afterwards? Have you done any before/after comparisons on `$_`? Could you post a more complete code sample?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: ^ to : by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 09, 2004 at 15:27 UTC
Do you know how the `-p` and `-i` options work? Do you write the data back to the file?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: ^ to : by tachyon (Chancellor) on Jun 10, 2004 at 03:20 UTC
You could do an inplace edit s/'/"/ if $^O =~ m/MSWin32/ Backups made to file.bak `perl -pi.bak -e 'tr/^/:/' file list here` [download] But from what you write rather than bother to convert ^ to : if the actual need is to split on ^ OR : chars you should note that the first arg to split is really an RE so: `split /[\^:]/, $data` [download] cheers tachyon	[reply] [d/l] [select]