Re: Reg. Expression - Replace " from string

I second the recommendation to check the documentation. Still to get you started, here are a few things which solve your exact questions.

# Remove first &
$str =~ s/^&//;
# Remove last &
$str =~ s/&$//;
# Remove all &
$str =~ s/&//g;
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Re^2: Reg. Expression - Replace " from string by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 15, 2006 at 23:37 UTC
and to do both requested operations at once: `$str =~ s/^&\|&$//g;` [download] but that has just given him the fish and if this is homework then he gets the kudos (possibly) without learning anything. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l]