The e Modifier Evaluating an Expression : modifier « Regular Expression « Perl






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The e Modifier Evaluating an Expression

    

Format: s/search pattern/replacement string/e;

# The e and g modifiers
while(<DATA>){
      s/6/6 * 7.3/eg;       # Substitute 6 with product of 6 * 7.3

      print;
}
__DATA__
    5
    4
    6 6
    1
    666
    66








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