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The tr keyword

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tr is the transiteration operator and equivalent to y.

Syntax

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  tr///

Examples

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The code
$tmp = "909135790159";

print $tmp . "\n";
$tmp =~ tr/13579/24680/;

print $tmp . "\n";
replaces the respective characters in the first parametre with the corresponding characters in the second parametre:
909135790159
000246800260


See also

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