hello!

i had a problem in string concatenation, i want to concatenate all the authors name into single string

(e.x):

<P_contrib-author>Mariel Miller</P_contrib-author>,<P_contrib-author>Allyson Fiona Hadwin</P_contrib-author>,<P_contrib-author>Jenna Cambria</P_contrib-author>

output:

<alt-title alt-title-type="running-head-verso">Mariel Miller, Allyson Fiona Hadwin, Klauda, and Jenna Cambria</alt-title>

I try to below coding but it does't work properly

while($line =~ /<P_contrib-author>(.*?)<\/P_contrib-author>/)
  {
 $auth .=$1;
 }
  $line ="<alt-title alt-title-type=\"running-head-verso\">$auth</alt-
+title>";

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Give some suggestions. Thank in advance

In reply to string concatenation by maha

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