Re: Prepend + to search words

> Hello, how can I prepend a "+" character to each of the words in a
> string? For example, "big blue widgets" should be changed to "+big
> +blue +widgets".

I'd probably use an s/// (substitution) on the string. Match a word,
replace it with the plus sign and the word. Have you tried that?

Hi Tom,

I just had a look at some docs matching "perl substitution variable"
since the words in the string could be anything, but perl docs have a
way of overwhelming me really quickly. Can you show me how?

- Grant
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