Re: How do I delete the last instance of a word from a string?

substr($string,rindex($string,$word),length($word)) = '';
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or, to avoid removing the last character of the string when $word is not present:

my $ri = rindex($string,$word);
substr($string,$ri,length($word)) = '' if $ri > -1;
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Re: Answer: How do I delete the last instance of a word from a string? by suaveant (Parson) on Oct 30, 2001 at 19:24 UTC
danger pointed out that this removes the last char of the string if word is not found... if that is an issue use the following... `my $ri = rindex($string,$word); substr($string,$ri,length($word)) = '' if $ri > -1;` [download] - Ant - Some of my best work - (1 2 3)	[reply] [d/l]