If the length of the string stays constant, you can do something like this:
$string = 342389842452;
$string =~ s/^\d{8}/00000000/; #replace the first 8 digits
print $string
-----Original Message-----
From: Sethi, Pradeep [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 3:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: replacing last 4 digits
Hi,
I have a number 342389842452.
how do a substitute of everything with X but last 4 digits using regular
expressions
like xxxxxxxx2452
Thanks
Prad
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