Function similar to Replace in ASP

[Quinveros]

Hi,

I need to know if perl have a function similar to Replace in ASP. I want to replace a dot(.) and a comma in a value for nothing.

Thank you.

 

[hmerrill]

Perl has a substitute function - read the perldoc by doing "perldoc perlop" and search for "substitution" - you'll find a section that starts with

s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx

To substitute for both dot and comma, you'd need 2 substitute commands - one for each.

There's also a "transliteration" function like

tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds

and can also be found in "perldoc perlop". Here's a little test I did with tr:

### tr (transliterate) example ###
my $c = "abc,def.ghi";
print &quot;\$c before = <$c>\n&quot;;

print &quot;\$c after = <$c>\n&quot;;

Output:
------
$c before = <abc,def.ghi>
$c after = <abc def ghi>

if you just want to *remove* the dot and the comma, then your tr would look like this:

$c =~ tr/,.//d; # d for delete

HTH.

Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.

http://www.missioncriticallinux.com

 

[luciddream]

$var =~ s/[\.]|[,]//g; adam@aauser.com

 

[goBoating]

lucid,
why the []s?

Won't this work?
$var =~ s/\.|,//g;

??


keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[luciddream]

sure... i just like to do it that way.
adam@aauser.com