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Webmaster Forum / Perl / Getting Started / July 2008removing '*' from *****STAFF*****
Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from *****STAFF***** Thanks and Regards, Manasi Bopardikar|s/w Engineer|Persistent SystemsLtd (+91)(020)(30234497)|9767218759 manasi_bopardikar@persistent.co.in DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails. > Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from > *****STAFF***** [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > $var =~ s/\*$//;  SignatureTo unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ >> Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from >> *****STAFF***** [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > $var =~ s/\*$//; oh and $var =~ s/^\*//; SignatureTo unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ >> Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from >> *****STAFF***** [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > $var =~ s/\*$//; s/^\*+//, s/\*+$// for $var; Rob SignatureTo unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ > Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from > *****STAFF***** my $stuff = '*****STAFF*****'; s/^\*+//, s/\*+$// for $stuff; Or if you want to remove all * regardless of where in the string they are located: $stuff =~ tr/*//d; John SignaturePerl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ Try out this, my $stuff = '*****STAFF*****'; $stuff =~ s/\*//g; Print $stuff; Regards, Rajnikant Jachak -----Original Message----- From: John W. Krahn [mailto:jwkrahn@shaw.ca] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:38 AM To: Perl Beginners Subject: Re: removing '*' from *****STAFF***** Manasi Bopardikar wrote: > Does anyone know how do I remove the beginning and the trailing * from > *****STAFF***** my $stuff = '*****STAFF*****'; s/^\*+//, s/\*+$// for $stuff; Or if you want to remove all * regardless of where in the string they are located: $stuff =~ tr/*//d; John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails. SignatureTo unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ Hi Rajnikant, That removes the character "*" for everywhere whereas the requirement is only to remove from the beginning and trailing parts of the string. Regards, Amit Saxena > Try out this, > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > Hi Rajnikant, > [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > > - Show quoted text - my $test = "*****STAFF*****"; if ($test =~ /(\*{1})(.*)(\*{1})/) { $test = $2; } SignatureTo unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ > my $test = "*****STAFF*****"; > if ($test =~ /(\*{1})(.*)(\*{1})/) { Could be more simply written as: if ($test =~ /\*(.*)\*/) { > $test = $1; > } John SignaturePerl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ |
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