Replace
The text matched (if any) is replaced by replacement.
#!/bin/perl -l
=begin
The text matched (if any) is replaced by replacement
For word boundary use \b
For global replacement use \g modifier
=cut
$a = 'Jeff Friedl';
$b = 'Jeffrey Friedl';
$c = 'Jeff is Jeff Friedl';
$a =~ s/Jeff/Jeffrey/;
$b =~ s/\bJeff\b/Jeffrey/;
$c =~ s/\bJeff\b/Jeffrey/g;
print $a; # Jeffrey Friedl
print $b; # Jeffrey Friedl (not Jeffreyrey Friedl)
print $c; # Jeffrey is Jeffrey Friedl
Capture
We want to remove digits from stock proces.
#!/bin/perl -l
=begin
Remove digits from stock proces, so
12.37500000392 is reduce to 12.375, yet
37.500 is reduced to 37.50
Shorthand \d matches a digit,
Removes a third posible zero (if any) with [1-9]?
Wrap in parantheses to capture to $1
=cut
$a = '12.37500000392';
$b = '37.500';
$a =~ s/(\d+.\d\d[1-9]?)\d*/$1/;
$b =~ s/(\d+.\d\d[1-9]?)\d*/$1/;
print $a; # 12.375
print $b; # 37.50
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