This is probably very simple, but I'm not seeing it. I want to do the following:
my $lfirst = $first; $lfirst =~ s/[^a-zA-Z]//g; in one line. I tried : my $lfirst = ($first =~ s/[^a-zA-Z]//g); but it returned either a blank or null. I want to maintain the state of $first and store the alpha only version in $lfirst. TIA. -- Karyn Williams Network Services Manager California Institute of the Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.calarts.edu/network -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
