> Dan,
>
> return ($_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g)[0];
Same thing.
No go, also tried with a "$" before the first "(" for kicks.
That gave me an error, of course but hey I tried right?
Thanks
Dan
>
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> David Olbersen
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 9:51 AM
> > To: Mark Anderson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: return a regex substitution in one line
> >
> >
> >
> > > > I have this subroutine and it does what I need ::
> > > >
> > > > print rmgtlt($var);
> > > >
> > > > sub rmgtlt {
> > > > $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g;
> > > > return $_[0];
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to so the substitution and return the
> > result in one
> > > > line?
> > > >
> > > > Like ::
> > > >
> > > > sub rmgtlt {
> > > > return ??? $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to do this?
> > > > I know I must be missing something obvious , thanks for any
> > > guidance!
> > >
> > > Without more comments or sample data, I'm not really sure
> > > what your function is doing, but here are some things to try:
> > >
> > > sub rmgtlt {
> > > $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g;
> > > }
> > >
> > > sub rmgtlt {
> > > return $_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g;
> > > }
> > >
> > > sub rmgtlt {
> > > return ($tmp = $_[0]) =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g;
> > > }
> >
> > All three of those returns the number of matches like what
> I tried! I
> > also tried return ($_[0] =~ s/^\<|\>$|\n|\r|\s$//g);
> > Same thing.
> >
> > Thanks for all the replies! Any other ideas?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > >
> > >
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