Thanks Felix, This is exactly what I was looking for!
Paul >From: Felix Geerinckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Concatenating names from form >Date: 4 Jul 2002 10:37:33 -0000 > >on Wed, 03 Jul 2002 23:48:37 GMT, Paul Arsenault wrote: > > > I can do everything except isolate the first > > initial in the first name. Anyone know of an easy way to do this > >my $firstname = 'Paul'; >my $initial = substr($firstname, 0, 1); > > >See > perldoc -f substr > >-- >felix > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
