That's rather amusing... By following your link I actually get on to another post that also mentions this particular thread and so i get stuck in an infinite loop ;D.

But, yeah, actually, is does sort of seem like someone's trying to get his homework question done by exploiting monks' sense of selflesness. What you think? In general, I'm against students who practice this. Unless you figure this out on your own, there's no way you'd be able to learn. It's absolutely OK when you get stuck on some obnoxious bugs or what not (like I always do ;)... however, the question this anonymous monk has posted seems more like a homework question from some nightmarish Perl class hehe. Therefore, I would be hesitant to help... sorry.


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In reply to Re: Re: Extract string from rear of string by vladb
in thread Extract string from rear of string by Anonymous Monk

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