Re: [Fun With Perl] How to swap $p and $q without $tmp

["David H. Adler" <dha@panix.com>]

On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 12:28:19AM -0700, Derek Balling wrote:
> At 02:49 AM 6/13/99 -0400, David H. Adler wrote:
> >On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 01:06:32AM -0400, mjd-list-fwp@plover.com wrote:
> > > <foghorn>It's a joke, son.</foghorn>
> >
> >s/It's/$1, I say, $1/
> 
> I truly believe you wanted :
> 
> s/(It's)/\1, I say, \1/
> 
> There. Didn't you?
> 
> Or did I miss something in the way regexes work? :)

Nope, I'm just tired.  :-)

> (I'll feel really stupid if I'm wrong, since I sit next to Jeffrey Friedl 
> at work *grin*)

Well, rest easy then.  :-)

-- 
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