On 14 Aug 2006 at 3:51, John W. Krahn wrote: One last question (honest).
> > What is "s!." in line 12, "next unless s!...." > > s/// is the substitution operator. Why are you substituing here? Isn't a match good enough or is it necessary for some other reason? > > Here the output I get: > > > > $VAR1 = '\' x:xaptk=\'XMP toolkit 2.8.2-33, framework 1.5\'> > > > > I am missing a couple of characters at the beginning. > > I am just going by the example you provided, I don't have the actual data to > test it on. Very true. Thanx again. Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>