insert a . every four characters

2012-03-09 Thread Noah
Hi there, I am trying to insert a '.' every four characters. Say I have a $it = '123456789012' and want the result to be '1234.5678.9012' whats one of the smoothest ways to do that? Cheers, Noah -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail

Re: insert a . every four characters

2012-03-09 Thread Noah
On 3/9/12 8:37 PM, Noah wrote: Hi there, I am trying to insert a '.' every four characters. Say I have a $it = '123456789012' and want the result to be '1234.5678.9012' whats one of the smoothest ways to do that? okay I answered my own question. I am wondering if there is a different way

Re: insert a . every four characters

2012-03-09 Thread Owen
On 3/9/12 8:37 PM, Noah wrote: Hi there, I am trying to insert a '.' every four characters. Say I have a $it = '123456789012' and want the result to be '1234.5678.9012' whats one of the smoothest ways to do that? okay I answered my own question. I am wondering if there is a different

Re: insert a . every four characters

2012-03-09 Thread Jim Gibson
At 8:37 PM -0800 3/9/12, Noah wrote: Hi there, I am trying to insert a '.' every four characters. Say I have a $it = '123456789012' and want the result to be '1234.5678.9012' whats one of the smoothest ways to do that? You could adapt the method suggested by 'perldoc -q commas' How can I