According to the principle of \b why is this doing this? $word = "(HP)"; $word =~ s/[,\]\)\}]\b//; $word =~ s/\b[,\]\)\}]//;
Since the parentheses is on either side of the boundary, it should take off bpth of them. Instead the result is: $word = "(HP" It only took of the end paren. When I used "(HP)," the result is "(HP,"? A second question. If I want to get rid of any non numeric and non alphabetic before and after a word, but not what's in the middle (like apostrphes, dashes) of the word, what's the most simplest way that works. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
