Manasi Bopardikar wrote:
Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from
*****STAFF*****
my $stuff = '*****STAFF*****';
s/^\*+//, s/\*+$// for $stuff;
Or if you want to remove all * regardless of where in the string they
are located:
$stuff =~ tr/*//d;
John
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