On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 04:44 , David T-G wrote:
> % or am I missing something in the voodoo???? > > I hope so, because if you aren't then I am :-) I like SO SUCK[1]...... my $PING1='SPAGO'; print "And it is now $PING1 \n"; my $word = " fred 12 spot 345 67 bax 89% bob"; $_ = $word; # required to set the $_ thingie if (/fred/ ) { ( $PING1 = (split)[6] ) =~ s/\D+//g; print "We now have :$_: undt :$PING1:\n"; } $PING1 ||='FreMonge'; print "final ping is: $PING1 \n"; which generates: And it is now SPAGO We now have : fred 12 spot 345 67 bax 89% bob: undt :89: final ping is: 89 mea kulpa - but Like dude - we gotta get the shell folks over the camel's hump and out of the backtick tricks - although I like the for() freaking trick ciao drieux --- [1] not to be confused with the SO_ADDR_SUCK socket option used by the Secret Police to read not only all of your internet connections, but your brain waves as well, unless you are wearing used alluminum foil... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]