In case no one has mentioned it, there are good reasons for
using '-w' and "use strict;" in your perl code
On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 05:16 , Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
[..]
> $string = "$20.90";
>
> $string =~ s/$//; <-- I figured this would work fine?
[..]
if you had used '-w' and strict
On Apr 15, Daniel Falkenberg said:
>I was just wondering how I would go about stripping the $ sign from the
>following string?
>
>$string = "$20.90";
That won't do what you expect -- $string is probably ".90" now. $20 is a
variable (set by a regex) and is probably undef. You need either '$20.9
You need to escape the $ in the regex:
$string =~ s/\$//;
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Falkenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 5:16 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Strip $ from variable
Hello All,
I was just wondering how I would go about stripping the $
