Re: Retain first 4 characters of a string

perlnoobster,

I just added flavors to your dish so that it is eatable and delicious!

$phn = "Apple iPhone 4 Black Cover";
print $trim = join '-', (map { substr($_, 0, 4) } split /\s+/, $phn);
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Re^2: Retain first 4 characters of a string by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Aug 24, 2012 at 10:08 UTC
Perfect, it is indeed eatable and very delicous! Thank you to everyone that had a hand in helping me, i really appreciate it :)	[reply]
Re^2: Retain first 4 characters of a string by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Aug 24, 2012 at 12:25 UTC
Sagar, the code works perfectly fine however is it possible to retain model numbers? e.g `Apple iPhone x41212 Black Cover` [download] so even if its a mixture of a model number and letter the split would retain it as is? Thank you :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Retain first 4 characters of a string by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2012 at 12:32 UTC
Yes , it is possible -- how would you do it? Please describe the steps in english	[reply]
Re^3: Retain first 4 characters of a string by uday_sagar (Scribe) on Aug 24, 2012 at 13:23 UTC
I didnt get you exactly. Do you want to conserve (not trimming to 4 letters) the string "x41212"? (model number)	[reply]
Re^4: Retain first 4 characters of a string by perlnoobster (Sexton) on Aug 24, 2012 at 13:49 UTC
Sagar, I have changed the requirement slightly, basically the colours below: `baby blue baby pink black dark blue brown dark purple green orange hot pink light purple red white yellow` [download] If the space between them exists then how do i retain just the first letter of the words e.g hot pink would be hp and light purple would be lp? I can't figure out how to do it with the split and join if there is no space between two words then simply retain the colour i.e. red would be red Thank you :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Retain first 4 characters of a string by johngg (Canon) on Aug 24, 2012 at 19:00 UTC
Re^5: Retain first 4 characters of a string by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2012 at 14:04 UTC