my $size; $out =~ /(\d+)/ && $size = $1; Regular expressions are good for this sort of task.
chad kellerman wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I know there must be a easy way to do this but I just can't figure it >out. > >I issue a command from a remote server and get a variable like so: > >my $out = 14G; # actually it's 14G\n > >I am trying to get just a numeric out oif it: > >I just want the 14: > >I have been tried a lot of things, but I just can't gget the G outta >there. > >Here is what I have now: > > my $Size = ( split /G/, chomp $out )[0]; > >I am grasping at straws. I tried chop, chomp and the like (substr) but >just can't get it to drop both the new line character and the G. > >Any help? > >Thanks, >Chad > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]