From: Nick Hilliard (nick at domain iol.ie)
Date: Fri 27 Aug 1999 - 10:28:26 IST
> $lin =~ s/[\.,\,,\',\-]//
> and when it didn't I tried the same thing with a translation; ie
> $lin =~ tr/[\.,\,,\',\-]//
>
> neither works; why not? Please?
s/ only replaces one instance for a given data set. If you need to replace
all instances of the regexp, you need to use the /g directive. You regexp
looks basically ok, you perhaps you should try:
$lin =~ s/[\.,\,,\',\-]//g;
You may also want to remove backticks (`).
Nick
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