[ale] Perl Question

[Dylan Northrup]

[~] [01:48:19] docx> cat bar.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

$a = 'java.xyz';
$b = 'java';
$c = $a;
$c =~ s/$b//;

print "$c\n";
[~] [01:48:22] docx> ./bar.pl
.xyz
[~] [01:48:26] docx>

Hope this helps.

A long time ago, (07.02.07), in a galaxy far, far away, Terry Bailey wrote:

:=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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