Richard Lee wrote: > Rob Dixon wrote: >> >> returns the number of colons found but leaves them untouched. Similarly >> >> $str =? tr/\t /_/; > > this is great!! > > use warnings; > use strict; > > my $str = 'ab:cd:ef:g:hi::now;'; > print $str =~ tr/:// . "\n"; > print $str =~ tr/:b/_X/ . "\n"; > > print "$str\n"; > > > ././././././testthis.pl > 6 > 7 > aX_cd_ef_g_hi__now; > > BTW, what is =? ? or is that a typo? > > $str =? tr/\t /_/; Typo. John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry WallThread Previous | Thread Next