Question

Is there a better way to use tr/// on each element in an array than the following:

foreach (@list) {
    tr/abc/xyz/;
}

I’m playing around with some stuff and I just can’t get it out of my head that it doesn’t look quite right/optimal. Maybe I’m just thinking of how conditionals can be used in a suffix form. Anyone know if there’s a way to use the suffix form for tr/// or s///?

Answer 1

Are you looking for:

tr/abc/xyz/ foreach (@list);

which basically works the same way as your code (each element of @list is aliased to $_). In this case, you only get to meet Tim Toady and his fraternal twin Tom.