> Using a regex, I want to replace each leading space-character > with a corresponding zero-character on a one-to-one basis. > For an example > string: > > My $string = ' 259.00 '; > > Note that I don't want to change the trailing space > character. The resulting string would look like: > > '00000259.00 '
How about s/ (?=.*\d)/0/g; Translation: any space with a digit to its right gets replaced with a zero. -- Mark Thomas Internet Systems Architect _______________________________________ BAE SYSTEMS Information Technology 2525 Network Place Herndon, VA 20171 USA _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
