Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net> writes: > On Mar 24, Jeff Pinyan said: > > 1 while s!(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*([-+*/])!"$1 $3 $2"!ee;print > >which is 54. > Kick me for introducing a bit of readability into that. > 1 while s!(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s*([-+*/])!"$1$3$2"!ee;print > 52. In that case, why don't you use `1while', and remove the `;print' in favour of -p? The original message says you're using -l, but doesn't work with -n. Doing this gets the program down to 48 characters. jason -- 4. A SIMIAN should respond to a TYPE or FASTER request with an ACCEPT code, especially if there are deadlines. The only other allowed responses are REFUSE, ASLEEP, GONE, NORESPONSE, or DEAD. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe