Re: How to remove an apostrophe?

Your code works:

$fullName = "c:\\path\\boo's";

@string_parts = split(/\\/,$fullName);
foreach $part (@string_parts){ 
    $newName = $part;
}
$newName =~ s/\'//g;

print("$newName\n");

__END__
output
======
boos
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Are you sure it's an apostrophe and not a (unicode?) character that looks like one? Or maybe a backtick (`)?

By the way,
foreach $part (@string_parts) { $newName = $part; }
can be reduced to
$newName = $string_parts[-1];

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Re^2: How to remove an apostrophe? by sfhazel (Novice) on Oct 12, 2005 at 18:40 UTC
It is pulled from the filename: "00_te'st.jpg" So, I'm sure it's not a backtick. If it is unicode, what would you suggest to fix it? Also, thank you for simplifying that other peice of code. I'm still in the "get the thing to work" phase of development. hehe.	[reply]
Re^3: How to remove an apostrophe? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 12, 2005 at 18:56 UTC
Find out what character it is using the snippet below, then use `\x{####}` instead of an apostrophe in the regexp, where "`####`" is the number printed by the snippet below). `printf("%X\n", ord(substr($newName, 5, 1)));` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]