Substitute tom with Mary : substitution « Regular Expression « Perl






Substitute tom with Mary

    

while(<DATA>){
   print if s/tom/Mary/i;    # Substitute tom with Mary
}
__DATA__
    tom
    Mary
    Jack
    James
    Jon
    Kate

   
    
    
    
  








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