On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:14:21 -0700 (PDT), "Anthony E." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>i have a bunch of text in a scalar $text >>How would I keep the word count to a maximum, and just >>dump the rest.. ie - I only want the paragraph to >>contain 500 words, and trash the rest. my $text = "some really long line of character"; my $trimmed_text = substr($text,0,200); this will take the first 200 characters of the $text scalar and assign it to the $trimmed_text. I think this is what your looking for. :) Mike(mickalo)Blezien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thunder Rain Internet Publishing Providing Internet Solutions that work! http://www.thunder-rain.com Tel: 1(985)902-8484 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
