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i have ammended the code as follows
I've it fixed now people there was a fullstop being inserted in another part of the code. Thanks Paul and hollywood. Helen -
i have ammended the code as follows
i have ammended the code as follows but am still getting to fullstops at the end i.e. R.J.. sub shorten_initial() { @names = (split /\,/, $_[0]); $init = ""; foreach $name (@names){ $init = $init . substr($name,0,1) . ".";} $init=~s/\.\./\./g; return $init; } Any ideas... -
Subroutine prob
Thanks again once more i have now solved it - i was referencing the wrongs hash and not using eq rather than ==. Again thanks -
String operations
Hello I am trying to perform an operation on a string variable such as John,Leslie,Smith and get J.L.S. i.e. just the initials out. This is driving me round the bend any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Helen
