On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:03:40PM +0100, Rob Dixon wrote: > > basically i wanto get result 13 in $str. > > > > how to do this? > > It depends on what '13' looks like in general in the strings > you're processing. If it's always the first non-space thing > after the start of the line then > > $str =~ /(\w+)/; > print $1, "\n"; > > prints '13'.
In this case, if you want to do some maths with the 13, then there is no need to do anything special to $str: print $str + 3; And to just get 13 in $str: $str += 0; -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
