> Dan, > > return ($_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g)[0]; Same thing. No go, also tried with a "$" before the first "(" for kicks. That gave me an error, of course but hey I tried right?
Thanks Dan > > ? > > -------------------------- > David Olbersen > iGuard Engineer > 11415 West Bernardo Court > San Diego, CA 92127 > 1-858-676-2277 x2152 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:51 AM > > To: Mark Anderson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: return a regex substitution in one line > > > > > > > > > > I have this subroutine and it does what I need :: > > > > > > > > print rmgtlt($var); > > > > > > > > sub rmgtlt { > > > > $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g; > > > > return $_[0]; > > > > } > > > > > > > > Is there a way to so the substitution and return the > > result in one > > > > line? > > > > > > > > Like :: > > > > > > > > sub rmgtlt { > > > > return ??? $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g; > > > > } > > > > > > > > Is there a way to do this? > > > > I know I must be missing something obvious , thanks for any > > > guidance! > > > > > > Without more comments or sample data, I'm not really sure > > > what your function is doing, but here are some things to try: > > > > > > sub rmgtlt { > > > $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g; > > > } > > > > > > sub rmgtlt { > > > return $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g; > > > } > > > > > > sub rmgtlt { > > > return ($tmp = $_[0]) =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g; > > > } > > > > All three of those returns the number of matches like what > I tried! I > > also tried return ($_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g); > > Same thing. > > > > Thanks for all the replies! Any other ideas? > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]