valavanp,
I think this is what you wanted:
$a="ABC";
$b=length($a);
print "$b\n";
for($i=0;$i<$b;$i++){
$a=~s/(\d+)(.)/$2 x $1/ge;
}
print "$a\n";
my %value = (
A => 2.74,
B => 2.64,
C => 2.5,
);
my %factor = (
A => 50/100,
B => 55/100,
C => 60/100,
);
my @letters = split //, $a;
my $result = 1;
my $temp=0;
for my $letter (@letters) {
$result *= $value{ $letter };
#print "$result\n";
};
my %seen;
my @uniqed = grep !$seen{$_}++, @letters;
for my $letter (@uniqed) {
$result *= $factor{ $letter };
#print "$result\n";
};
print $result;
*UPDATE*I did not refresh my browser before I posted, it appears the two post before this get the same results...