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Re^3: RegExp, grabbing first name

by poj (Abbot)
on Feb 25, 2016 at 19:46 UTC ( [id://1156135]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: RegExp, grabbing first name
in thread RegExp, grabbing first name

Same for list

#!perl
use strict;

my @list = ('BULLOCK JOE A','SMITH, A DOE');

for my $name (@list){
  my ($surname,$first) = $name =~ /(\w{3,})/g;
  print "$first : $name\n";
}

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