> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnstone, Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:11 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: PErl subroutine
>
>
> Gidday All,
>
> please help with my subroutine
>
> sub cleanText{
> my $cleanedText = @_;
>
my $cleanedText = shift; # grab the first element from @_
# or
my $cleanedText = $_[0]; # refer to the first element of $_[0] directly
> $cleanedText =~ s{<p>}{<p class='bodytext'>}g;
> $cleanedText =~ s{<b>}{<span class='bodybold'>}g;
> $cleanedText =~ s{<\/b>}{<\/span>}g;
> $cleanedText =~ s{<a href}{<a class='bodytext' href}g;
>
> return $cleanedText;
> }
>
@_ is the list of arguments passed to a sub.
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