> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnstone, Colin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:55 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Reg ex help!
> 
> 
> Gidday All,
>  
> Im reading course names in from a text file and want to 
> remove the course number from the end of each course name. 
> Can someone help me with the regex to do this.
>  
> e.g Mathematics 2 unit (15240)
>  
> to give me Mathematics 2 unit
> 
> Thanking you in anticipation.
>  

my $course = 'Mathematics 2 unit (15240)';
$course =~ s/\(\d+\)$//;
print $course;

>  
> 
> Colin Johnstone 
> Website Project Officer 
> Corporate Website Unit 
> Public Affairs Directorate 
> ph 9561 8643 
> 
>  
> 

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