On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Roger Williams wrote: > I know thins is not the place but I know one of you know this one off the > top of your head. > > I have: > > $list = "dog 1 1 1 cat 2 1 snake 111" > and I want to end up with: > dog 1 cat 2 snake 1 > I thought > $list =~ s/ \d \d/ \d/g; > would do the trick, but that gives me: > dog d 1 1 cat d snake d 1
I'm not sure I understand your criteria, but try something like: $list =~ s/(\w+\s+\d\s?)[\d\s]*/$1/g; $.02, /Mikko _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"