Hi, Here is a code that does what you want and it works if the name has more than 2 names. I've tried an example with a First name, a last name and a middle name but it works for more names also.
my $name = "Sarah Mohrley Washington"; my @initials = map /^(\w)/, split /\s+/, $name; print "@initials"; The result is: S M W You have those initials in an array and you can use them more simple, do something with each one and the code is very short. Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:37 AM Subject: Regex problem $name = "SARA DEILEY"; how its possible to grasp only initials for First and Last name i.e $name ="SD"?? thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
