On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:56:50 -0400, Li, William wrote: > Silly question, is there an equal but opposite function to chop in Perl?
No. > I'd like to remove the first and last character of a string and am looking > for a simple way to do it. The most elegant way to do it, IMO, is to use a regular expression: $string =~ s/^.(.*).$/$1/; Another solution, and most probably a lot faster, is this one: $string = substr( $string, 1, (length($string) - 2) ); If you don't need the speed, stick with the first solution. -- Tore Aursand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
