What about: $string =~ s/s\b//g;
-----Original Message----- From: Mandar Rahurkar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 8:06 PM To: Tim Johnson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Regexp Hi, I am too old to have homeworks on perl :) I tried for the first case: s/\ws\b/$1/; but trick to understand is that I need to substitute forests with forest. I can probably use substr however was looking for a elegant solution. Mandar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
