parsing a string

[marie]

I have a string for example "perl878juio"

I want to cut off everthing beginning with the first number, so I would
be left with "perl"

Is there a simply way to do this?

 

[Paul Lalli]

I have a string for example "perl878juio"

I want to cut off everthing beginning with the first number, so I would
be left with "perl"

Is there a simply way to do this?

Yes.

Use a regular expression and the s/// operator. Search for a digit
followed by "anything", and replace with nothing.

Read `perldoc perlretut` to get you started with doing this. Once you
make your attempt, feel free to post a short-but-complete script here
if it does not work to your satisfaction.

Paul Lalli

 

[John W. Krahn]

I have a string for example "perl878juio"

I want to cut off everthing beginning with the first number, so I would
be left with "perl"

Is there a simply way to do this?

$ perl -le'$_ = q[perl878juio]; print; s/\d.*//; print'
perl878juio
perl



John

 

[Tad McClellan]

I have a string for example "perl878juio"

I want to cut off everthing beginning with the first number, so I would
be left with "perl"

Is there a simply way to do this?

Yes.