> -Original Message-
> From: Grant [mailto:emailgr...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:55
> To: Perl Beginners List
> Subject: Re: String manipulation question
>
> >> >> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
> -Original Message-
> From: Grant [mailto:emailgr...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:43
> To: Perl Beginners List
> Subject: Re: String manipulation question
>
> >> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
> >>
> -Original Message-
> From: Grant [mailto:emailgr...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:16
> To: Perl Beginners List
> Subject: Re: String manipulation question
>
> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
> >>
> >
> -Original Message-
> From: Grant [mailto:emailgr...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:47
> To: Perl Beginners List
> Subject: Re: String manipulation question
>
> >> I'd like to take a string and manipulate it in a few ways.
> >>
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> -Original Message-
> From: Grant [mailto:emailgr...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 09:58
> To: Perl Beginners List
> Subject: String manipulation question
>
> I'd like to take a string and manipulate it in a few ways.
>
> If the string is 34 characters or less, I'd like to
>>> if you have in $string = q[1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123 123678123];
>>> Then $var1 will be '1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123 12367', but I thought you
>>> wanted '1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123'?
>>> Which one is the right one for what you are doing?
>>
>> You're right, I would want:
>>
>> 1234 12345
>> >> >> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> $string = 'abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz';
>> >> >> >> if(length($string) = 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > '=' is assignment, '==' is test for numerical equality.
>> >> >> Change the abov
On 4/21/09 Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:54 AM, "Grant"
scribbled:
>> if you have in $string = q[1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123 123678123];
>> Then $var1 will be '1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123 12367', but I thought you
>> wanted '1234 12345 12 5346 12367 123'?
>> Which one is the right one for what you are
On 4/21/09 Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:42 AM, "Grant"
scribbled:
> I'm trying to pull 35 or fewer characters to the nearest space
> basically. This is what I have now:
>
> if(length($string) <= 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
> if(length($string) > 34) {
> ($var1, $var2) = ($string =~ /(.{35})(.{26})/);
>> >> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> $string = 'abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz';
>> >> >> if(length($string) = 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
>> >> >
>> >> > '=' is assignment, '==' is test for numerical equality.
>> >> Change the above
>> >> > line to:
>>
>> >> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
>> >>
>> >> $string = 'abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz';
>> >> if(length($string) = 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
>> >
>> > '=' is assignment, '==' is test for numerical equality.
>> Change the above
>> > line to:
>> > if( length($string
$string =~ s/\s//g;
>>>
>>> The above line deletes all of the spaces in $string. Is that what you want
>>> to do?
>>
>> All fixed up except for this. How can I remove only the spaces at the
>> end of $var1 and $var2 if they exist?
>
> Anchor your substitution regular expression to the end o
On 4/21/09 Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:16 AM, "Grant"
scribbled:
>>> $string =~ s/\s//g;
>>
>> The above line deletes all of the spaces in $string. Is that what you want
>> to do?
>
> All fixed up except for this. How can I remove only the spaces at the
> end of $var1 and $var2 if they exist?
Anc
>> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
>>
>> $string = 'abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz';
>> if(length($string) = 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
>
> '=' is assignment, '==' is test for numerical equality. Change the above
> line to:
> if( length($string) == 34 ) { $var1 = $string
On 4/21/09 Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:46 AM, "Grant"
scribbled:
> Thanks guys. With some help I've come up with this:
>
> $string = 'abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz';
> if(length($string) = 34) {$var1 = $string.":";}
'=' is assignment, '==' is test for numerical equality. Change the above
line t
>> I'd like to take a string and manipulate it in a few ways.
>>
>> If the string is 34 characters or less, I'd like to append a colon
>> character and save it to $var1.
>
> The length function will tell you how many characters are in a string.
>
>>
>> If the string is longer than 34 characters, I'
On 4/21/09 Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:58 AM, "Grant"
scribbled:
> I'd like to take a string and manipulate it in a few ways.
>
> If the string is 34 characters or less, I'd like to append a colon
> character and save it to $var1.
The length function will tell you how many characters are in a string.
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