Thanks James. I am going to try this method also. Your input is very much appreciated. JC
James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jul 16, 2004, at 3:46 PM, jason corbett wrote: > I want to eliminate the ". " (periord) or "," (comma) from records > that I return from a query, but I cannot figure out how to approach > it. Does Perl have a way that I can match a string that from an array, > remove a character or characters? > > > For example say I have array @records that contain the following: > > Myrecord1 Myrecord2 Myrecord3 Myrecord4 Myrecord5, inc. > Myrecord6, LP Myrecord7, LLC > > I want to send this query out to persons in a .csv file but the > join(",", @record) statement that I am using causes the and extra cell > to be created at Myrecord5, inc. Myrecord6, LP Myrecord7, LLC. How about? tr/.,//d foreach @records; James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]