Re^5: replace string


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Re^5: replace string

by ig (Priest)

on May 18, 2009 at 10:43 UTC ( #764628=note: print w/ replies, xml )

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in reply to Re^4: replace string
in thread replace string

use strict;
use warnings;

my $input = "&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Officially called &lt;&gt;&ldquo;event
+s,&rdquo;&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;never events&quot;";

print "input: $input\n";
$input =~ s/&ldquo;/&#8220;/g; # change the lines
$input =~ s/&rdquo;/&#8221;/gi;
$input =~ s/&rsquo;/&#8217;/gi;
print "processed input: $input\n";
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produces

input: &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Officially called &lt;&gt;&ldquo;events,&rdq
+uo;&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;never events&quot;
processed input: &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Officially called &lt;&gt;&#8220;e
+vents,&#8221;&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;never events&quot;
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This was done using your REs and appears to provide the output you are looking for.

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