"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello All, > > I am beginner and need some helps. Thanks a lot! > > The question is, if I have a string, for example > "C:\PerlScripts\TestSamples\StringTest.pl", how do I use regexp to parse > this string and get substring after the last backslash ("StringTest.pl").
Hey David, This should work for you: use strict; my $String='C:\PerlScripts\TestSamples\StringTest.pl'; (my $substring =$string) =~s/.*\\(.*)/$1/; Shawn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]