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"Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> OK, that worked fine, until a \ character was introduced into the variable
> which contains the information to be removed, for example, #blah\
>
> I tried both john's & rob's methods, both crashed the serv
OK, that worked fine, until a \ character was introduced into the variable
which contains the information to be removed, for example, #blah\
I tried both john's & rob's methods, both crashed the service. Any clues?
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Hi Dan
"Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I'm assuming that yours rob will just remove the #ba, without the space.
> While this was what I was originally looking for, John's solution removing
> the #ba and the space before is more convenient,
I'm assuming that yours rob will just remove the #ba, without the space.
While this was what I was originally looking for, John's solution removing
the #ba and the space before is more convenient, saves me having to do s/ /
/g; then.
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"John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> This will work but it will also remove the space in front of the match:
>
> s/(\s|^)#ba(?=\s|$)//;
>
s/((?<=\s)|^)#ba(?=\s|$)//;
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Dan wrote:
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> "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > You need to use the \b word boundary zero-width assertion.
> >
> > $variable =~ s/\b\Q$remove\E\b//g;
>
> Moving on, same subject/problem, but slightly different scenario..
> In my next variable $variable2, i have entries
Moving on, same subject/problem, but slightly different scenario..
In my next variable $variable2, i have entries:
$variable2 = "#ha #bad #cod #ba #dog";
Basically, i want to be able to remove #ba, without removing #ba from #bad,
so it ends up:
$variable2 = "#ha #bad #cod #dog";
This also needs
Excellent, worked!
Cheers
Dan
"John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Dan wrote:
> >
> > Hey, I have a slight dilemma which i'm struggling to overcome. Wondering
if
> > anyone has any ideas on this..
> >
> > I have a variable, for examp
Dan wrote:
>
> Hey, I have a slight dilemma which i'm struggling to overcome. Wondering if
> anyone has any ideas on this..
>
> I have a variable, for example's sake, say $variable. $variable has a load
> of entries.
>
> $variable = "danneh blah dan etc danster";
>
> What i want to do, without
