Hi Perl Monks, have a simple regex issue where I wish to omit dashes from the following numeric variable: 0001144204-09-017358 . Simple, but clearly I lack the skills to get 'er done. Relevant code appears below. As is, the code extracts everything prior to the first dash. I need the entire expression (i.e., all digits in continuous fashion without the dashes, 000114420409017358 ). This variable is numeric. I'm embarrassed to say the least. Thanks for tolerating me!
my $access_num=-99;
#several other lines betweeen here, omitted for brevity;
if($line=~m/^\s*ACCESSION\s*NUMBER:\s*(\d*)/m){$access_num=$1;}
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