Tim,
Here are the results from @array = qw(one two three 4);
'one','two','three'
'one','two','three''one','two','three',4
Pretty close on the second one. Your first one certainly sorted it for the
strings.
Thanks
Gus
----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Angus Laycock' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:24 PM
Subject: RE: Creating a string with quotes and delimiters from an Array
>
> Oops. I meant:
>
> foreach(@array){
> if($_ !~ /^\d+$/){
> $scalar .= "\'$_\',"; # append the variable surrounded by single
> quotes
> }else{
> $scalar .= "$_,";
> }
> }
> chop scalar; #get rid of the last comma
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:23 PM
> To: 'Angus Laycock'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Creating a string with quotes and delimiters from an Array
>
>
>
> You could try something like this:
>
> foreach(@array){
> unless($_ =~ /^\d+$/){
> $scalar .= "\'$_\',"; # append the variable surrounded by single
> quotes
> }
> }
> chop scalar; #get rid of the last comma
>
> It's a little messy, but it should work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angus Laycock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Creating a string with quotes and delimiters from an Array
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have an array ----> @array = qw(alf bert charlie 4)
>
> and I want a string that contains this value < 'alf','bert','charlie','4'
>
> with the single quotes and commas.
>
> I know I can do this $string = join ( ',' , @array); which gives me this
> ----> < one|two|three|four> but how do I get the single quotes around each
> word.
>
>
> Also, how can I check if one of the values is numeric so I dont put quotes
> around it? So the result is like this ---> < 'alf','bert','charlie',4 >
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Gus
>
>
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