--- Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> susbtr is almost identical to mid, but better (isn't that true for
> most of perl?)
> perldoc -f susbtr
lol -- I think so.
Compare "use strict" with "Option Explicit". =o)
Anyway....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sebadamus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:24 AM
> Subject: MID in Visual Basic...
>
> > In Visual I used the MID function to get a part of a text...
> > por ex. "price = 33.10" and I could get using "=" and EOL as
> delimiters the price "33.10"
> >
> > Can you tell me if I should use the SPLIT function in perl???
Personally, I'd probably say
my($val) = $line =~ /=\s*([\d.]+])$/;
That should put the 33.10 in $val.
If that's too hard to read, use $1. =o)
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