On 3/10/06, Gallagher, Tim (NE) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My $test = "asdfjaslfkjasdf lksaflksajfalksjf fsalkjsaflkjsafd fajd > alsjfk";
> I want a way to count the number of characters to the first space. Is > there an easy function to do this??? The easy function to find the length of a string is the length() function: my $count = length "asdfjaslfkjasdf"; Of course, before you can pass that string as a parameter to length(), you need to compute it. Maybe you could use a pattern match on $test? The almost-as-easy function to find a substring is the index() function: my $place = index($test, ' '); Beware the case in which $test has no space, yielding negative $place. Hope this helps! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
