From: "Gary Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> How do I truncate a string to a particular number of characters?
>
> This is expensive:
>
> $shortdescription =~
> s/(...................................................................
> ......... ........................................ ).*/$1/;
>
> Gary
If you insisted on using regexps you could use
$shortdescription =~ s/^.{50}.*$/$1/;
But it would be quicker to use substr()
$shortdescription = substr $shortdescription, 0, 50;
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