From: Jan Svitok Date: 2006-08-13T04:06:25+09:00 Subject: Re: perl tr and ruby String#tr On 8/12/06, snacktime wrote: > even_bits = "\0" > odd_bits = "\200" > 8.times do > even_bits << odd_bits > odd_bits = even_bits > odd_bits.tr!("\0\200","\200\0") > end > > print odd_bits.unpack('c*') - odd_bits = even_bits + odd_bits = even_bits.clone = assigns reference to the object in this case