Hello Erik
It's not clear exactly what you want, but something like this should do the
job:
for (my $i = 0; $i < length $word; ++$i)
{
substr ($word, $i, 1) = '-' unless substr ($givenword, $i, 1) eq
'X';
}
HTH,
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Browaldh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: help with substitution
> Hi everyone, thanks for the help last time!
>
> if I have two strings
> $word="cows";
>
> and another given string:
> $givenword="XXX-"; #with the same length as $word !!!
>
> what I want to do is transform "XXX_" --> "cow-"
>
> I have tried but cant figure out going characterwise, all I get in the
> end is like this:
> $givenword="cowscowscows-"
>
> thanks in advanced!
>
> Erik
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