In a message dated 12/11/2002 11:54:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What about just
> $list =~ s|/?$name/?||
If $name appears in the middle of the list, this removes both '/' characters.
This was my first guess as well.
> But you should be careful about that in case $name appears in the middle of
> a word
> e.g., cat and catmandu
>
> perhaps
> $list =~ s|/?\b$name\b/?||;
>
Thanks for the warning. The names are formated as "S.Smith", so unless there
is an "S.Smithson", I shouldn't have a problem, but the "\b"s are a good
safety measure anyway.
/\/\ark
