On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What is the function of cutting a string from a point until the last character?
>
> For example
> $string="C:/progra~1/directory1/directory2/file.txt";
>
> i want to find the last backslash (/) of the string and keep the sequence
> following it (file.txt)
>
> Is it simple?
>
> I tried with the split function but it returns a list.
>
> I just want a scalar!
>
>
>
>
why not try this?
#!/usr/bin/perl
my @test='';
my $test1='';
my $string = "C:/test/me";
@test = split('/',$string);
print "@test\n";
print "$test[$#test]\n";
HTH.. Denis
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