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substr($str, 0, 1);

On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 20:49 -0400, Chuck Crisler wrote:
> How do I access specific character positions in a scalar string? In case
> it makes any difference, I specifically want to test the zeroth
> character. Something like the following.
> 
> my $str = "abc";
> if ($str[0] == '#')
> {
>       do something...
> }
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> Chuck
> 
> 


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