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in reply to search and replace plus counter

Your problem is that $oldstr never changes so your test of it using if ($oldstr =~ /core\:para/) is always true. You want to test $_ against that pattern, not $oldstr.

HTH

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Re^2: search and replace plus counter
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 20, 2013 at 10:36 UTC
    Thank you - that works a treat