[Chicago-talk] scalar manipulation

[tiger peng]

Hi Perlists,

I don't think it is good to mess up the "good time for
beer" when it is Friday )-:

I am wandering if Perl can turn beer to champagne,
wine, brandy, or even vodka.

Bottoms up! 
Have a great weendend,

Ge

--- Richard Reina <richard at rushlogistics.com> wrote:

> Thank you very much Andy and Steve for the
> instructive replies.  Have a great weekend all.
>  
>  Richard
> 
> Steven Lembark <lembark at wrkhors.com> wrote: 
>  >  I need to turn
>  >
>  >  $a = "now is a good time for a beer";
>  >
>  >  to
>  >
>  >  "nowisagoodtimeforabeer";
> 
> Depends on whether you want to modify the original
> variable or not. You can remove anything with a
> regex on the original:
> 
>      $phrase =~ s{ \s+ }{}gx;
> 
> will modify $phrase in place. You can also use a
> regex on a copy or a join-and-split to make a new
> copy of the variable:
> 
>      ( my $nospace = $phrase ) =~ s{ \s+ }{}gx;
> 
> or
> 
>      my $nospace = join '', split '', $phrase;
> 
> will give you a separate variable without the
> spaces.
> 
> -- 
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