Re: Using the Substr

Is substr mandatory? Or can you use a regex, like

$string =~ /^(\d+:\d+:\d+):/;
$result = $1;
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(assuming there are only digits between the colons).

HTH, Rata

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Re^2: Using the Substr by derby (Abbot) on Mar 04, 2014 at 19:31 UTC
and assuming they're not always digits but a colon is always the separator, a combination of split, array slicing, and join: `$result = join( ':', (split( /:/, $string))[0..2]);` [download] -derby update: I like hdb's better ... less parens.	[reply] [d/l]


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