On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Dave Cross wrote: > And that can be simplified to > > my @array = $input =~ /(..)/g;
And that can be simplified in turn to my $output = join '-', $input =~ /(..)/g; As operators can give each other list context, which is a whole other conversation (one that's in Chapter 3.8 of Learning Perl 3rd Edition.) Mark. -- #!/usr/bin/perl -T use strict; use warnings; print q{Mark Fowler, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://twoshortplanks.com/};