Hello Monks ! I a string that I read from an XML file (the first line)
It looks like this: 
open (VERSION, "info.xml") || die ("Could not open file $!");
$text = <VERSION>;
close (VERSION);

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Now, the string is:
<xml version= "24.0" IP="1.1.2.3" baseVersion="beta_3" lastUpdate="22-Apr-06" >
I need to return the version number (i.e - 24) only
Is there a simple way to do this ? or do I have to use the index,substr and other string functions ?
Thanks !

2006-04-24 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'String manupulation'

In reply to Extract version attribute value from xml header line by just dave

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