[ale] Perl Question

[Robert L. Harris]

$a =~ /$b(.*$)/
$c=$1;

$c will equal ".xyz"


Thus spake Terry Bailey (terry at bitlinx.com):

> Hi;
> 
> The following is relative to a Perl script.
> 
> $a contains the following string without a new line appended
> 
> java.xyz
> 
> 
> $b contains the following string without a new line appended
> 
> java
> 
> Using $a and $b, what is the easiest way to have $c contain
> 
> .xyz
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Terry Bailey
> 
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