On Thu, October 18, 2007 11:50 am, Rob Dixon wrote: > Paul wrote: >> I am assigned the output of a function to a variable. >> >> my$variable = (function); >> print "$variable\n"; >> >> The output is: >> text >> 0 >> >> So I try this: >> >> chop my$variable = (function); >> print "$variable\n"; >> >> The output is: >> text >> *** this is blank space output ***** >> >> So it get's rid of the "0", but outputs a new line. >> >> I try double chopping with same results. >> >> How can I finally get rid of it, I just want the text output. Ugh. > > Something like > > $variable = s/\n.*//s; > > should do the trick, which removes the first newline character and > everything following it.
This doesn't work either. Arrrggghhh.. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
