If you're wanting to limit the user's input, that would be dependant on the interface of choice (HTML? TK? Curses? )
-r On Monday 18 February 2002 06:49 pm, you wrote: > On Feb 19, Daniel Falkenberg said: > >Just wondering if Perl is able to could how many digits there is in a > >variable. Basically I want a user to be only able to enter 10 digits no > >more no less. Is there a way perl can count this variable and with a > >little if/else statment I can display the result. > > Well, Randal's answer is to make sure a variable consists ONLY of 10 > digits -- if that's what you needed, ok. > > If you want code that sees how many digits there are in a string, you can > use tr///: > > $digit_count = $str =~ tr/0-9//; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
