fad3r wrote:
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>I would like to remove x amount of characters from a
>>filename (x will be whatever number the user
>>provides).
>>
>>I know how to grab the input from the user but what
>>I dont know how to do is have the program remove that
>>many characters from the filename. I know the filename can be made a string
>>in a variabe. I was looking at regular expressions and the . to match for any
>>character but I am unsure if this is the best way to go.
>
>
> Is this the best way to do what I am trying to accomplish?
>
> I am kind of lost on what to research.
Not sure where in the string that you want to remove characters, but to,
for example, delete first 5 chars of a string you could use substr or a
RE:
$str = substr $str, 5;
$str =~ s/^.{5,5}//;
Substr would be the simplest/fastest way to remove/extract arbitrary
characters from a string.
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