Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:33:25 GMT
From: Tony Curtis <tony_curtis32@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: extra newline in s command
Message-Id: <87y9n7aru0.fsf@timmy.houston.rr.com>

>> On Sat, 22 Sep 2001 17:23:40 GMT,
>> laura_fairhead@my-deja.com (laura fairhead) said:

> Hi, Can anyone explain to me why I'm getting extra
> newlines inserted with the s/// command in this script;

> open(FILE,qq[patternfile])
> @k=(qq[0000],<FILE>)
> while(<>){
>   /(\d{4})/&& $1<=$#k && s/$1/$k[$1]/
>   print
> }

This code doesn't even compile.  Please post the *real*
code and try again.  How can you expect useful advice if
you post something that is unrelated to your problems?