Hello All,

I have a string that has got

 1||||2||||3|4|||5 

What I need it in is

1|2|3|4|5

I have tried 

$string =~ s/\||/\|/g;

and i get this as a result

|1|||||2|||||3||4||||5|

what am i doing wrong?

Mnay Thanks,

Johnno
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