SPUG: a s/// question.

[Andy Jacobs]

Just with a quick glance, I'd say that the problem might be the parenthesis
around H in the RE.  Try escaping them like:
 $Line =~ s/name	last	chng	bid	ask	vol\(H\)	high
low	ahigh	alow//;

 - Andy Jacobs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spug-list at pm.org 
> [mailto:owner-spug-list at pm.org]On Behalf Of
> Jay Scherrer
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 1:39 PM
> To: spug-list at pm.org
> Subject: SPUG: a s/// question.
> 
> 
> Hello Fellow SPUGERS,
> 
> I have been going around and around with trying to replace 
> this string with a
> blank line. Perhaps someone could give me a clue with s///?
> 
> The following string occurs three or four times in the files 
> that I'm working
> with. All I want to do is replace this string with a blank 
> line. ## Constant
> string needed to be stripped from file ##
> 
> name	last	chng	bid	ask	vol(H)	high	low	
> ahigh	alow		
> 
> ####I have been trying this line nested with in a if ( .. ) 
> range operator:
> 
> $Line =~ s/name	last	chng	bid	ask	vol(H)	
> high	low	ahigh	alow//;
> 
> This seems to work on the other headings that are shorter but 
> it seems to
> ignore this match.
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jay Scherrer
> Jay at Scherrer.com
> Gimpit at netscape.net
> 
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