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Re: Case-preserving substitutions

by jryan (Vicar)
on Jan 18, 2002 at 13:03 UTC ( [id://139773]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Case-preserving substitutions

You need the /e modifier to cause the right side interpolation of the variable:
s/\b($old)\b/(lcfirst($1) eq $1) ? lcfirst($new) : ucfirst($new)/gei;
Consult perlman:perlre for more details.

Update:
I think I may have mis-interpreted the question. It has been since corrected, and the difference turned out to be slight.

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Re: Re: Case-preserving substitutions
by giulienk (Curate) on Jan 18, 2002 at 13:14 UTC
    Update: by the time i posted this, jryan updated his post correctly :)

    You also need the "i" modifier in the end, to match case-insensitive way.

    $|=$_="1g2i1u1l2i4e2n0k",map{print"\7",chop;select$,,$,,$,,$_/7}m{..}g

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