From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2006-04-07T20:27:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Basic input/output question

Dimitri Aivaliotis wrote:
> On 4/6/06, Peter Bailey <pbailey@bna.com> wrote:
> 
>> Cool. Thanks! So, in James' example, he uses "sub" instead of "gsub."
>> Are they the same thing?
> 
> "sub" will only replace the first occurrence of the pattern, whereas
> "gsub" will replace all occurrences of the pattern in that string.
> 
> - Dimitri

Thanks, Dimitri. Actually, I figured that out on the way home--the "sub" 
versus "gsub." There are some things I have managed to get out my $40 
book!

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