In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Riley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, All!
>
> I believe I understand ton's alternative solution...
>
> -p0 s/\.(?=.{$&}(x.{$&})+o)/*/sgwhile$_=reverse,998877e3=~/./g
>
> (At first I was confused as to why 998877e3 was needed
> as opposed to 998877e2, but I suppose since ton is
> reversing the string in the while condition, rather
> than in the while block, he needed one more character
> in order to flip the string one final time. Is there
> any other purpose for having e3?)
If you put the reverse in the body and use e2, you need
an extra space after the while and it becomes a 63 stroke
solution.
