Anthony Ettinger wrote: > On 6/19/06, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Anthony Ettinger wrote: >> >> # order matters >> >> $raw_text =~ s/\015\012/\n/g; >> >> $raw_text =~ s/\012/\n/g unless "\n" eq "\012"; >> >> $raw_text =~ s/\015/\n/g unless "\n" eq "\015"; >> > >> > Does it make any difference if I use s/\cM\cJ/cJ/ vs. s/\015\012/\n/g ? >> >> The string "cJ" in your example is completely different than the >> string "\n" >> and even if you had used "\cJ" it would still not be the same some of >> the time >> and you don't have the /g option on your example. > > Not according to the perlport page, it reads as though they are > synonymous with each other. Also, why would a newline not be at the > end of a line? I don't see that /g *has* to be there except for the > mac files, which is what I have.
I don't have the original post for context but a lot depends on what the input record separator contains and what layer PerIO is using and what operating system the program is running on. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
