Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:46:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Aaron Peterson" <aaron@alpete.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl coding ? Message-ID: <47729.162.114.211.139.1082569596.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> In-Reply-To: <4086AF7E.5050102@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEHHFMAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> <4086AF7E.5050102@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
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>> 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); or alternately: ($dup-number,$dup-suffix) = $dup-counter =~ /(\d+)(\w+)/; the regex could be loosened or made more strict as needed... aaron
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