Tham, Philip wrote:
I have a variable $var1 containing a string with the text below
I am trying to remove all the text before the work authors
Whatever I am using does not seem to work
$var1 =~ s/^*.4160 //.;
$var1 =~ s/\smodules*.$//;
2005-02-08 online since 1995-10-26
2734 MB 271 mirrors
4160 authors 7585 modules
You could do it like this:
( $var1 ) = $var1 =~ /(authors \d+)/;
John
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