On 12 July 2010 21:12, LeeGroups <mailgro...@varga.co.uk> wrote: > $solar_info =~ s/<\/solar>.*/,/; > > From my tinkerings, this should find the string </solar> in the string > $solar_info, and then remove it and any number of following characters > (the .*) and then replace them with a ",". > Except that it doesn't. It hacks out the </solar> and replaces it with a > , but leaves the rest of the string intact... Much to my annoyance... :| > > Any clues?
What's the input string? The following code simply prints "," for me not ",abcdef" as you suggest it would: $test = "</solar>abcdef"; $test =~ s/<\/solar>.*/,/; print $test; Tom p.s. I don't know perl but I thought I'd have a play anyway -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
