>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan e paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jonathan> --- Stuart Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How do I replace the letter M with 20 spaces. >> >> s/M/\s[20]/; # dosen't seem to work :-( Jonathan> Hey, how come few seem to have noticed... \s is a CHARACTER Jonathan> CLASS. This means it represents a group of characters, so Jonathan> asking for twenty of these on the replacement side is a Jonathan> little weird. But that syntax isn't even *close* to asking for 20 of these on a replacement side. That's a bit like the first poster saying "why is it when I ask for Flarble, nobody knows I mean Pizza?", and then you saying "but Flarble is always pepperoni, guys!". C'mon, it makes No Sense. (Insert "chewbacca defense" here.) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]