Wes,
I that instance, why not just substr?
$foo_new = substr($foo,0,2);
Dirk Bremer - Systems Programmer II - AMS Department - NISC
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From: "North, Wesley J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: RE: Another stripping question
> Group,
>
> I think I figured it out I can strip $foo by doing the following:
>
> $foo = "3212";
> @FOO_NEW;
> ($FOO_NEW[0],$FOO_NEW[1]) = split (//, $foo);
> #should return a value of "32"
>
> Anyone see a problem with this? Or, perhaps, and easier way? Thanks much.
>
> -Wes
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