> Hi all,
>
> say that
>
> $directory = "C:\\directory\\*.*"
>
> and I am trying to remove the *.* from the end using
>
> $directory = trim($directory);
>
>
> where
>
> trim is
>
> sub trim {
> my( $result) = @_;
>
> $result =~ s/^\s+(.*?)\s+$/$1/;
Because . And * have special meanings in a regex.
And the ^ is looking for \s+ ( Whitespace) at the beginning of the string.
Try
$result =~ s/\*\.\*$//;
Which says remove the *.* from the end of this string.
HTH
DMuey
> $result =~ s/\s//g;
> return $result;
> }
>
>
> Can anybody point me out why it is not working?
>
> TIA
>
> Jair
>
>
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