Options for the S Operator : substitution « Regular Expression « Perl






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  3. substitution

Options for the S Operator

    
Option     Meaning
s/pattern/substitution/g     Replace all matches of pattern.
s/pattern/substitution/i     Ignore case in matching.
s/pattern/substitution/e     Evaluate substitution as an expression.
s/pattern/substitution/o     Compile expression only once.
s/pattern/substitution/m     Allow ^ to match after every newline and $ to match before every newline in the string being searched. 
s/pattern/substitution/s     Allows a period to match a newline.








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