On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 01:50:57PM -0400, Jay Savage wrote: > You can drop the stuff from the end, too. If 'ups' is optional and > the spacing is variable, then of course handle that with * > > $description =~ > s/\s*free\+(?:ups)*\s*ground\s+shipping\s*[!]*\s*//i; # or /ig if > needed > > Rearrange to suit. But the imporant thing here is to go for what you > need to replace, and not what you don't.
Mmm... as I wrote in the comments in the very first e-mail: > blablabla...I want to keep the space if I am cutting from inside a string Is there a way to do this without the lookahead? Yes I can replace with / /, but then I am introducing more spaces than there were if I am at the beginning or at the end...? Excuse my curiosity :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
