Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:29:34 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Barbish3@adelphia.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl coding ? Message-ID: <4086AF7E.5050102@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEHHFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEHHFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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JJB wrote: > I have an perl scrip somebody else wrote. > I am just learning perl by modifying this script. > An temp field $dup-counter contains an counter that is suffixed with > x > as in 23x have no idea how big of an number the counter can grow > to. > The suffix is all ways one position but has different alpha values. > > How do I separate $dup-counter into two new fields? > $dup-number and $dup-sufix > This will do it: $dup-number = substr($dup-counter, 0, length($dup-counter) - 1); $dup-suffix = substr($dup-counter, -1, 1); HTH Regards, Mark > Thanks for you help > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > . >
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