> <code> .... > for(@text) { > /(d+)$/; # Match only the numbers at the end of the string ^^ this should actually be (\d+)
I would actually conditionally print also, like so: print $1 if /(\d+)$/; And depending on the size of the file, instead of reading the whole thing into memory with my @text = (<FILE>); I would do: while(<FILE>) { print $1 if /(\d+)$/; } > # and store them in '$1' to be printed out on the > # next line followed by a new line character .... > > @text # contains values of a phone directory > > $text[0] contains john=012345678 > > > > $phone1 = ? > > > > let say i wanted to grab just the values'012345678'. > > how should i go on truncating the values? Cheers, -dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]