Hi Please try the following
___________________________ BEGIN $value = "12345)" ; chop $value; print "$value"; _______________ END On 8/2/07, Bret Goodfellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, I know this has to be simple, but because I am trying to truncate > or remove a special character I've run into a roadblock. Here's what I > want to do. > > $value = "12345)" ; > > How do I change $value so that the trailing ")" is removed. In > otherwords with the given example, how do I manipulate $value so that > its value is "12345"? Please keep in mind that $value may be variable > in length, so I can't use substr($value, 0, 5). Can split be used to do > this? Stumped. >
