hello, I tried this also, my actual string looks like:
$temp='196818OVA_Chlre2_kg.scaffold_4000234YEE1\'conservedmembraneprotei nSequence :196818OVA_Chlre2_kg.scaffold_4000234YEE1\'conservedmembraneprotein'; #$name = $1; $temp = ~s/'//g; print $temp; its gives me: 4294967295 i dont know what this is... >>>>>>> I tried this and it worked I don't know why it initially gave me your same result $temp='196818OVA_Chlre2_kg.scaffold_4000234YEE1\'conservedmembraneprotei nSequence :196818OVA_Chlre2_kg.scaffold_4000234YEE1\'conservedmembraneprotein'; #$name = $1; print "$temp\n\n"; $temp =~ s/\'//g; print "$temp\n"; Regards, Javier Moreno ---------------- Systems Engineer - Transmissions "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" - Sherlock Holmes _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs