Rodrick Brown wrote:
@list = map { $c = $_; $c =~ s/\s+/_/g; $c } @d = grep { /\d/ } <FH>;Is there a way to shorten the following mostly concerned with why I have to use a temporary variable.
The temporary variable is there because modifying $_ would alter the contents of the @d array which is presumably required intact. Putting all of this into a single statement doesn't make for readable programming. It is much better as: my @d = <FH>; my @list = @d; s/\s+/_/g foreach @list; Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
