Paul wrote: > I am assigned the output of a function to a variable. > > my$variable = (function); > print "$variable\n"; > > The output is: > text > 0 > > So I try this: > > chop my$variable = (function); > print "$variable\n"; > > The output is: > text > *** this is blank space output ***** > > So it get's rid of the "0", but outputs a new line. > > I try double chopping with same results. > > How can I finally get rid of it, I just want the text output. Ugh. >
#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $variable = "text\n0"; print "first: $variable\n"; $variable =~ s/\s+//; $variable =~ s/\d+//; print "second: $variable\n"; --- output --- pearl# ./rmtext.pl first: text 0 second: text pearl# > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
