>>>>> "B-J" == Bill -OSX- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> To do... what?
B-J> $_ = "Mac OS X";
B-J> split //;
B-J> $c = grep {/[osx]/i} @_;
B-J> print "Found $c things\n";
still not clear. try expressing it in english.
but tr/// is the fastest way to count chars which is what you seem to be
doing.
$_ = "Mac OS X";
$c = tr/osxOSX// ;
uri
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