On 10/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. How does one determine the length of a string?
Have you seen the perlfunc manpage? There is a length function.
> 2. How does one extract an individual character of a string?
Generally, with a pattern match. But there's also a substr function.
String positions are indexed starting at zero.
You can type 'perldoc perlfunc' at a shell prompt, or use this page:
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfunc.html
Cheers!
--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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