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String duplication - x in Perl, * in Python and Ruby Archive * ) on a string object, and in perl you can use the x operator. There have been many times when I've looked at this facility and said to myself "very nice, but isn't that a feature looking for a benefit" - in other words, something that's nice but not much use. Well ... there's always a few cases to disprove such a theory:s/^(\s+)/" " x length()/e;
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