Re: [FWP] Substitution

[Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com>]

>>>>> "JB" == Juanma Barranquero <barranquero@laley-actualidad.es> writes:

JB> On 21 Jun 1999 11:16:09 -0400, Chaim Frenkel wrote:

>> Why use a regular expression what's wrong with doing it
>> directly with index?

JB> Nothing wrong. Just that it is the kind of problem that seems like it
JB> should be pretty easy to do with regexes.

I'd agree with you if the _pattern_ were more complex than fixed strings.

Hmm, Since the replacement text must be unique in the document after
replacement, then what about

	s/$orig/$tla/g;
	s/$tla/$orig ($tla)/;

<chaim>
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