On Dec 13, Jenda Krynicky said:
> $num = ord($char) - ord('A') + 1
>
>or if you do it often
>
> my $char_base = ord('A') - 1;
> ...
> $num = ord($char) - $char_base;
No benefit to that, really. ord('A') is calculated at compile-time, not
run-time.
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<stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.
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