Re: parsing strings

[GoodleafJ]

(Newbie responding)
I think:

$part2 = substr($part1, 0, 4);

That's string, position from which to start, length

The parentheses aren't technically necessary; I just like them...
-J


                                                                                       
                             
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Hi,

I've been programming for a number of years, but I'm VERY new to Perl, and
it looks like a lot of fun.  However, I'm very much in the learning stage,
so please be patient, I'm still learning all the keywords etc...

I'm curious how I can parse part of one variable into another

ex:
$part1 = "this is a great day"
# I want $part2 = the first four letters of $part1 (this)

how would I do this?




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