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Another way (Score:2)

by vsergu (505) on 2004.07.08 13:35 (#32268) Journal

$a=~s/(?<=.)/$b=~m|.|g;$&/ge;

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- Re:Another way (Score:1)
  
  by ambs (3914)
  
  hmms... nice bunch of characters :-) Interesting result :-) Perl rockz :-) You Rockz :)
  - Re:Another way (Score:2)
    
    by vsergu (505)
    
    Actually I originally did it like this, just to have a substitution inside a substitution:
    
    $a=~s/(?<=.)/$b=~s|.||;$&/ge;
    
    But I decided that destroying $b in the process might not be acceptable.

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