Thanks all! I knew it was something like that. Parenths, not curlies...
And thanks for the ref on File::Basename, too. Looks like I won't have to
reinvent the wheel on that one. :)
Thanks,
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Subject: RE: Returning one item out of a list
I think what you're looking for is something like this:
my $filename = split(/\//,$path)[7]; #assuming you want the seventh item
I don't know how you would get the last one if you didn't
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From: Michael Kelly
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Subject: Returning one item out of a list
Hey all,
I seem to remember seeing thi
At 09:17 PM 4/3/02 -0800, Michael Kelly wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>I seem to remember seeing this done somewhere, but now I can't figure out
>how to do it now.
>
>If you have a function that returns a list, such as split(), is there a way
>to only return one item from that list, as if you were working wi
Hey all,
I seem to remember seeing this done somewhere, but now I can't figure out
how to do it now.
If you have a function that returns a list, such as split(), is there a way
to only return one item from that list, as if you were working with an
array?
For instance, if you have something like
