Ok,
> ## This Does what _not_ do what I would expect -- return the first 3
> characters of type '\w'
Give this a shot!
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
$tmp ="Joe Smore1qazxswedcvfrtgbnhytujmkilptyoXXXXt5000";
$tmp =~ s/(^\w{3})/$1/;
print "$tmp\n";
This returns the whole string ... sorry about the earlier posts..
Although I still am not clear on the syntax of the following ::
## This Does what I want !!
$tmp ="Joe Smore1qazxswedcvfrtgbnhytujmkilptyoXXXXt5000";
($tmp) = $tmp =~ m/^(\w{3})/;
print "$tmp\n"; ## "Joe"
Why does $tmp need '(...)' ??
Thx
DG
(kora musician / audiophile / webmaster @ www.coraconnection.com / Ft. Worth,
TX, USA)
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