On May 23, John W. Krahn said: >> while ($chopped_char ne "."){ >> chop $netout_new; >> $chopped_char = "how do i get this???" >> } > >$netout_new =~ s/(?<=\.)\d+$//;
Check your logic -- the OP wants to remove "." as well: s/\.\d+$//; -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]