Re: Golf: Replacing part of a string with "*"


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by explorer (Chaplain)

on Aug 18, 2006 at 15:25 UTC ( [id://568188]=note: print w/replies, xml )

Need Help??

Maybe a regex:

$string =~ s/^\d{12}/'*' x 12/e;           # ************5678
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Re^2: Golf: Replacing part of a string with "*" by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 18, 2006 at 15:32 UTC
If the OP wanted to hardcode the length, he could have done `substr($string,0,-4,'*'x12);` [download] Much clearer.	[reply] [d/l]

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