Just put the part you want to extract in parentheses and then set $str equal to $1...for example:
$str =~ /(\d\d\s*)$/; $str = $1; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dhiraj P Nilange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: a very simple question > > Hello > actually its very simple to answer for who knows basic perl. > > Suppose I have a string in $str > I wanto extract some part of it based on regex and store it in the same string. how do i do that? > > say... > > $str=~ $str /\d\d\s*$/; > > but this doesnt work. seems some syntax problem.. > > help > -dhiraj > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
