"Shishir K. Singh" wrote: > > Probably the record is like > > $split_cellname = ABCDEFGHIJK:12345678 > > ($cellname = $split_cellname) =~ s/:.*//; > > $cellname will now have "ABCDEFGHIJK" > > $split_cellname =~ s/:.*// > > => substitute any character starting with : till the end of the string (s/:.*/), in >$split_cellname, to NULL (//) > => and move this value to $cellname
_First_ it assigns the value of $split_cellname to $cellname and _then_ it performs s/:.*// on $cellname. :-) John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
