Format Output

wolverina has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a script that outputs file names.. but the names are printed with brackets around them- (filename.txt). I want it to print like this- filename.txt. Not sure which operators to use to remove the brackets when i print the file names. -Lisa.

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Re: Format Output by DamnDirtyApe (Curate) on Aug 26, 2002 at 06:47 UTC
Something like this would probably do for you: `my @files = ( '(foo.txt)', '(bar.pl)', '(zoot.py)' ) ; my @files_wo_parens = map { /\((.*?)\)/ } @files ; print join ' : ', @files_wo_parens ;` [download] _______________ DamnDirtyApe Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. --Friedrich Nietzsche	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Format Output by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Aug 26, 2002 at 06:47 UTC
My e.s.p. is just terrible today (too much tinfoil), so I'm not sure either. How about showing the code that produces your file? After Compline, Zaxo	[reply]