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Re: How do I pull n characters off the front of a string?

by xtrem (Novice)
on Apr 24, 2001 at 20:29 UTC ( [id://75128]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to How do I pull n characters off the front of a string?

my ($x,$y) = ($string =~ /^(.{n})(.{n})/);

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This will put the 1st n char into $x and the 2nd n chars into $y without touching $string... if you want the rest of the chars: 
my ($x, $y, $rest) = ($string =~ /^(.{n})(.{n})(.*)/);

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if you don't like regexp's you can allways try substr

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