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From: rubenst@ircam.ircam.fr (Brad Rubenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Pattern Substitution Question
Keywords: pattern
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.181215.15690@ircam.ircam.fr>
Date: 1 Nov 90 18:12:15 GMT
References: <1086@dg.dg.com>
Organization: IRCAM, Paris (France)
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In article <1086@dg.dg.com> blurie@einstein.webo.dg.com writes:
>Here's a question, whose answer I'm sure is going to be trivial, that I've
>been trying to resolve for days.  Given input like the following:
>
>	Lurie;Benjamin;1212 Nowhere Road;(617) 923-0000;(w) (000) 202-2343
>
>I would like to translate it to:
>
>	Benjamin Lurie;1212 Nowhere Road;(617) 923-0000;(w) (000) 202-2343
>

s/^([^;]*);([^;]*)/$2 $1/

Brad

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Brad Rubenstein, rubenst@ircam.fr	IRCAM - Service Syste`me