stripping parentheses from only one line

wolverina has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Anyone know how i can strip the parantheses off one line but leave them on other lines in a script? I want to strip them off this line: $url = "(http://www.somewebsite.com)"; but leave them on subsequent lines:

$url = $q->param('url');
$title = $q->param('title');
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I tried this:

$text =~ s/\(//g;
$text =~ s/\)//g;
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but it gets rid of all parantheses in the script. Any idea's?
Lisa

Title edit by tye

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Re: stripping parentheses from only one line by FamousLongAgo (Friar) on Jan 03, 2003 at 05:11 UTC
If the URL is always the same, try this: `my $url = 'http://www.alwaysthesame.com'; s/"$$url$"/"$url"/g; # match all occurences` [download] If the URL could be anything, try this: `s\|"$(http://[^)]+)$"\|"$1"\|g;` [download] If you post more details about your data and the problem you are trying to solve, I'm sure we can come up with a more helpful solution.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: stripping parentheses from only one line by Paladin (Vicar) on Jan 03, 2003 at 04:36 UTC
What exactly does $text contain? And where is that URL that you want the ( and ) removed from in $text? If you just want to remove the first ( and first ) in $text, try: `$text =~ s/$//; $text =~ s/$//;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: stripping parentheses from only one line by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 03, 2003 at 04:36 UTC
Pardon me for suggesting the obvious, but, what about doing it by hand, in your favorite text editor? jdporter The 6th Rule of Perl Club is -- There is no Rule #6.	[reply]