Hello,

I have been trying to insert some file information (filename and type) into a DB and thought the fileparse function was ideal.

I'm using simple filenames, 59 alphanumeric and _ chars, the dot and a three or two char alphanumeric extension.


my $row = ./filename.ext;  

($req_file, $dir, $ext) = fileparse($row, '(?<=\.)[^.]*');

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As described in the manual the regexp splits off the suffix. I don't want the dot in the suffix but because of how fileparse works, when I use this regexp, I get the dot at the end of the filename. I don't want it there either! :)

I have spent my entire morning reading the regexp info on perldoc.org and haven't seen anything to help. Is there a regular expression that I can use to get both $req_file and $ext without the dot?

For now I am just running $req_file through substr as it is a known length.

In reply to How can I get rid of the full stop using fileparse and regex? by emmalg

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