On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 02:49:05PM +0100, Sven Neuhaus wrote: > > /^(?=.*\d.*\d)(?=.*[a-z].*[a-z].*[a-z])/i > > y/A-Za-z/A-Za-z/>2&&y/0-9/0-9/>1 > or the shorter > $a=$_;y/A-Za-z//>2&&y/0-9//>1 > that will mungle the password in $_ but keep a good copy in $a.
Why will it mungle the password in $_ ???