You can use substr($x,2,1) which would get the third character. You can use a
variable for the position and for the number of characters.
Wags ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: bob ackerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 09:13
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: string indexing
I am used to indexing a string in other languages, so i would like to say
$x="abcd";
print $x[3];
and see 'd' printed, but, of course, this isn't correct in perl.
so i did
@y=split(//,"abcd");
print $y[2],"\n";
and that's fine.
now, how do i do that without an intermediate array.
i want to say
print split(//,"abcd")[1],"\n";
but i get compilation error.
or is there some built-in way to index a string?
--
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]
