[lug] perl question

[j davis]

what does the gm do after the " #/ " ?
thanks
jd

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> >
> >
> > and so on....this way i can add a"#" to the begging of $newarray[0]
> > so ms word will be cool when i mailmerg this list so word can make 
>mailing
> > labes...and so i can easily pattern match against users first names on
> > returned mail.
> >
>
>To add a # at the beginning of the first line try
>
>foreach  $array (@array) {
>         print "$array\n";
>         $array=~s/^/#/;
>         print "$array\n";
>}
>
>To add a # at the beginning of every line try
>foreach  $array (@array) {
>         print "$array\n";
>         $array=~s/^/#/gm;
>         print "$array\n";
>}
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Steve Queen
>
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