Hey All,

Been trying to learn PERL for the last 4 months. This question may be a beginner's question so sorry.

I have a variable stored inside a scalar and wish to remove a certain pattern from it if it was to be found.

Ex: 
$scalar = "::fruits||apple::fruits||orange::vegetable||celery::vegetab
+le||lettuce";

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Now this scalar stores a list, a fruit or vegetable and the name of the item.

The patter goes as: ::fruit||item::vegetable||item so the "::" pattern sepearates each item, and the "||" pattern seperates the category (fruit or vegetable) and item name.

Now if I wanted to delete "Celery" off the list, I would need to look for the pattern ""::vegetable||celery" and remove it from the scalar. How can I do this? I checked in my Perl Cookbook I purchased but coulnd't find anything suited for this in the pattern matching area.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Henry

In reply to Removing a Pattern matched in a Scalar by Anonymous Monk

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