I've read the replies to date. On the off chance that you are looking for
something more subtle than what
$n = length $s;
gives you consider this:
$s = <<EOS;
thjis is a struing of
chras p adf qwoig I caln't seem to type
this morning
EOS
$n = $s =~ tr///; # change as below
print $n;
"tr///" expression $n Comment
============= == ===================
tr/// 0 trivial and expected
tr///c 75 same as length $s
tr/\t \n\r\f//c 59 excludes the whitespace
Seems like a variant of the last might be useful if you don't want to count
embedded newlines or whitespace (there is a space between the \t and the \n
above).
--
Will Woodhull
Thornhenge, SW Oregon, USA
willl.at.thornhenge.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Debono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: counting characters help please
> Hi,
> I am trying to count the characters (ie: we have 6 cats) in a variable
can
> someone please help, I tried a number of ways including the following but
as
> up to now nothing seems to work.
>
> $string = $keyword;
> $count = ($string =~ tr/.//);
> or
> $count = ($string =~ tr/\w//);
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Malcolm
>
>
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