Chuck Crisler wrote:
How do I access specific character positions in a scalar string? In case it makes any difference, I specifically want to test the zeroth character. Something like the following.my $str = "abc"; if ($str[0] == '#') { do something... }
if ( substr( $str, 0, 1 ) eq '#' ) if ( index( $str, '#' ) == 0 ) if ( $str =~ /^#/ ) John -- Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. -- Isaac Asimov -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
