Thanks to all that posted... very informative.. and helpful. David Gerler Gerler Enterprises PO BOX 16357 Chesapeake VA 23328 http://www.GerlerEnterprises.com/
Nationwide Dial-up from $12.45 http://www.EasySitesForLess.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:53 PM To: David Gerler Cc: Beginners Subject: Re: Cut string between the words On Jul 23, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan said: > if (length($str) > 85) { > $str =~ s/(.{0,85})(?<=\S)(?!\S).*/$1/s; > } That can be $str =~ s/(.{0,84}\S)(?!\S).*/$1/s; > use Regexp::Keep; > $str =~ s/.{0,85}\K(?<=\S)(?!\S).*//s; And that would be $str =~ s/.{0,84}\S\K(?!\S).*//s; The Regexp::Keep module doesn't present NEARLY the same speed increase as the actual patch I've made to Perl (which is more than twice as fast as without \K), but it lets you use the handy syntax. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
