Re: Re: Re: Re: String Length

What if I'm looking for "ST" or "TH" or "RD"? How would a regular expression help in this instance? ep

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: String Length by dws (Chancellor) on Apr 04, 2001 at 23:41 UTC
This is crossing the line between our helping out and our doing your homework for you. Read perlre. (Aimed that the Anonymous Monk, not ep.)	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: String Length by thabenksta (Pilgrim) on Apr 04, 2001 at 23:46 UTC
`$string =~ s/(.*).{2}$/$1/;` [download] will take ANY two characters off of the end of the string. my $name = 'Ben Kittrell'; $name=~s/^(.+)\s(.).+$/\L$1$2/g; my $nick = 'tha' . $name . 'sta';	[reply] [d/l]