> -----Original Message----- > From: Johnstone, Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PErl subroutine > > > Gidday All, > > please help with my subroutine > > sub cleanText{ > my $cleanedText = @_; > my $cleanedText = shift; # grab the first element from @_ # or my $cleanedText = $_[0]; # refer to the first element of $_[0] directly
> $cleanedText =~ s{<p>}{<p class='bodytext'>}g; > $cleanedText =~ s{<b>}{<span class='bodybold'>}g; > $cleanedText =~ s{<\/b>}{<\/span>}g; > $cleanedText =~ s{<a href}{<a class='bodytext' href}g; > > return $cleanedText; > } > @_ is the list of arguments passed to a sub. [snip] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]