How can I delete a part of a string?

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Re: How can I delete a part of a string? by I0 (Priest) on Feb 06, 2001 at 12:15 UTC
What part of the string do you want to delete? You might assign "" to a substr, or you might use s///, or perhaps chomp or chop, depending on how you specify the part to be deleted.	[reply]
Re: How can I delete a part of a string? by ariels (Curate) on Feb 15, 2001 at 15:31 UTC
Expanding on japhy: `$x = 'Just another COBOL hacker,'; substr($x,13,5) = 'Perl';` [download] Saying `substr($x,13,5,'Perl')` would work as well, but I find it less clear.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How can I delete a part of a string? by japhy (Canon) on Feb 06, 2001 at 06:23 UTC
I'd use `substr()`.	[reply]