new variable stupidity

[Time Waster]

OK, i'm being lazy to ask here.

I'm always finding myself doing this:
$newvar = $oldvar;
$newvar = s/something/else/;
...because i want both of them. Is there a way to do this in 1 statement?

 

[Tad J McClellan]

OK, i'm being lazy to ask here.

I'm always finding myself doing this:
$newvar = $oldvar;
$newvar = s/something/else/;
..because i want both of them. Is there a way to do this in 1 statement?

(my $newvar = $oldvar) =~ s/something/else/;

 

[Ben Morrow]

Quoth (e-mail address removed):

I thought that would change $oldvar as well, but it doesn't. Why not?

The return value of (my $newvar = $oldvar) is $newvar, so that's what
gets modified.

Ben