On Apr 11, Ahmed Moustafa said: >> # foo.txt.bak => bak >> ($extension) = $name =~ /.*\.([^.]*)/; >> # or >> # ($extension) = $name =~ /\.([^.]*)$/; > >It doesn't work if there is no extension in $name.
Yes, and like I said in the post, if there is NO extension AT ALL (meaning no . at all) that $extension should be undef. For "foo", $extension should be undef. For "foo.", $extension should be "", and for "foo.bar", $extension should be "bar". -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
