Steve Massey wrote: > > Hi Hello,
> I though I had sussed this s/ stuff but > > #! /usr/bin/perl -w > > $test = "BRIGHTON,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (Firm),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"; > > print "$test\n"; > $test =~ s/,*/,/; > $test =~ s/,*$/,/g; > > print "$test\n"; > > does not work, I want to substitute all multiple commas into a single one. You should use tr/// instead of s///. :-) $test =~ tr/,//s; John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
