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in reply to Modifying muliple matched strings in text

Hint:

Call a function in the substitution part (activated by /e modifier) which returns your transformation.

s/PATTERN/replace($1,$2)/eg

Not sure if you even need to pass the matchgroups $1,... into the sub, but it's certainly more readable.

Edit

Pattern should match the links [$1]($2) (pseudo syntax).

I recommend using the /x flag for readability.

The transformations of $2 should happen inside the replace() sub

HTH!

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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Re^2: Modifying muliple matched strings in text
by nysus (Parson) on Jul 14, 2020 at 13:24 UTC

    Very cool. Didn't know that was even possible (well probably read about it once and then forgot). Thanks.

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