Gallagher, Tim (NE) wrote: > Lets say that I have a variable; > > 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???
$ perl -le' my $test = q[asdfjaslfkjasdf lksaflksajfalksjf fsalkjsaflkjsafd fajd alsjfk]; print index $test, q[ ]; ' 15 John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
