perldoc substr() or perldoc rindex()
> -Original Message-
> From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Chopping a string.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a string $line that can be a short word or a very long
Octavian Rasnita wrote at Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:51:45 +0200:
> I have a string $line that can be a short word or a very long line, and I want to
>cut it if it is
> longer than 20 characters, then to end it with Is there any Perl function for
>chopping what
> is over a number of characters?
>
Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> I have a string $line that can be a short word or a very long line,
> and I want to cut it if it is longer than 20 characters, then to end
> it with Is there any Perl function for chopping what is over a
> number of characters?
substr($string, $start, $length)
> F
$line =~ s/^(.{20}).+/$1.../ ;
Rgds,
Connie
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have a string $line that can be a short word or a very long
> > > line, and I
> > > want to cut it if it is longer than 20 characters, then to
> > > end it with
> > > Is there any Perl function for chopping what is
$line = substr($line,0,19,) . "...";
> -Original Message-
> From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Chopping a string.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a string $line that can be a short word or a very long
