Hi Tim, I just tried running $money = s/\$//: over
$money = "$21.80"; And my returned result was nothing! I.e it removed everything? Any ideas, Dan On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 09:34, Timothy Johnson wrote: > > You have to escape the dollar sign in your regex just like you did in the > assignment. > > $money = s/\$//; > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Falkenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Regex! > > > Hello All, > > Just wondering how I can remove unwanted characters from a simple > variable. > > $money = "\$21.85"; > > Now I simply want to strip the $ sign from that variable. > > Easy? Well I thought it would be :) > > $money = s/$//; # Well thats what I thought! > > Regards, > > Dan > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email may contain confidential and privileged > material for the sole use of the intended recipient. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the sender and delete all copies. -- ============================== VINTEK CONSULTING PTY LTD (ACN 088 825 209) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.vintek.net Tel: (08) 8523 5035 Fax: (08) 8523 2104 Snail: P.O. Box 312 Gawler SA 5118 ============================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
