array problem

Hi

I have an array that consists of

@array = ('The amount of apples I have is 10')


I want to be abe to delete 'The amount of apples I have is' from the
array so I am left with

@array = ('10').

I have tried to use splice but it does seem to do what I want.

Any tips on how to do this would be great.

M

Mo wrote:

> I have an array that consists of
>   @array = ('The amount of apples I have is 10')

You have an array that contains a single element; a string of length 33.

> I want to be abe to delete 'The amount of apples I have is' from the
> array so I am left with
>
> @array = ('10').

You want to delete part of the string such that the remaining string
has a length of two characters.

> I have tried to use splice but it does seem to do what I want.

Of course not.  Use splice() when there is more than one element in
the array.  Use substr($array[0]) or $array[0]=~s/....// to change
the string.
-Joe

Dear Mo -
 

Mo> @array = ('The amount of apples I have is 10')

Mo> I want to be abe to delete 'The amount of apples I have is'
Mo> from the array so I am left with

Mo> @array = ('10').

As stated you'ld be better off with an array of 8 things
rather than an array of 1 long thing.

@array = qw( The amount of apples I have is 10 );

Then it's easy.

$ten = $array[-1];

Yours -      Billy

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