undef $/; # read in whole file, not just one line or paragraph
while ( <> ) {
- while ( /START(.*?)END/sm ) { # /s makes . cross line boundaries
+ while ( /START(.*?)END/sgm ) { # /s makes . cross line boundaries
print "$1\n";
}
}
$old = 'test';
$new = 'success';
- s{(\Q$old\E}
+ s{(\Q$old\E)}
{ uc $new | (uc $1 ^ $1) .
(uc(substr $1, -1) ^ substr $1, -1) x
(length($new) - length $1)
this is a SUcCESS case
+As an alternative, to keep the case of the replacement word if it is
+longer than the original, you can use this code, by Jeff Pinyan:
+
+ sub preserve_case {
+ my ($from, $to) = @_;
+ my ($lf, $lt) = map length, @_;
+
+ if ($lt < $lf) { $from = substr $from, 0, $lt }
+ else { $from .= substr $to, $lf }
+
+ return uc $to | ($from ^ uc $from);
+ }
+
+This changes the sentence to "this is a SUcCess case."
+
Just to show that C programmers can write C in any programming language,
if you prefer a more C-like solution, the following script makes the
substitution have the same case, letter by letter, as the original.
control on to whatever is next in line, like you would if you were
playing hot potato.
-=head2 How do I process each word on each line?
+=head2 How do I process each word on each line?
Use the split function: