You forgot to add g (global)in the end... $dirstruct =~ s/([\W])/-/g; Cheers Shishir
-----Original Message----- From: Ankit Gupta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: help in regular expression Hello Friends, I need help in the below written script. $dirstruct =~ s/([\W])/-/; print $dirstruct; here $dirstruct is c:\ankit\test what I need as output is c--ankit-test but the output given by my script is c-\ankit\test Thanx Ankit -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
