Re: Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-19 Thread jason corbett
Thanks James. I am going to try this method also. Your input is very much appreciated. JC James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 16, 2004, at 3:46 PM, jason corbett wrote: > I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from records > that I return from a query, but I c

[This is what I needed]Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-19 Thread jason corbett
Thanks. I was using the Pipe thing, but the fact is my client wants it in Excel and to be able to open it immediately and not "click around with the parameters" as they are not Excel friendly (go figure). I appreaciate your willingness to carry the question out to a solution/example and not a qu

Re: Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-17 Thread Adam
Jason, > I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from records that I > return from a query, but I cannot figure out how to approach it. Does Perl > have a way that I can match a string that from an array, remove a character or > characters? Yes. You could use a regular expression s/

RE: Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-16 Thread Charles K. Clarkson
jason corbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from : records that I return from a query, but I cannot figure out : how to approach it. Does Perl have a way that I can match a : string that from an array, remove a character or characters? : : : F

Re: Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-16 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Jul 16, 2004, at 3:46 PM, jason corbett wrote: I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from records that I return from a query, but I cannot figure out how to approach it. Does Perl have a way that I can match a string that from an array, remove a character or characters? For e

Pattern Matching records from a table query.

2004-07-16 Thread jason corbett
I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from records that I return from a query, but I cannot figure out how to approach it. Does Perl have a way that I can match a string that from an array, remove a character or characters? For example say I have array @records that contain th