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Tony_shu God Like Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 624	Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:04 am    Post subject: Is there a way to take a $value and "chop" it, or cut it into a $newvalue? But the $newvalue is a few characters of the original $value. For example.... User messages the bot to search for "How to program in Perl" $msg = "How to program in Perl" ... $newmsg = "How to..." _________________ Anthony Arslan @-Squared Enterprises MacroHard Corporation
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Scott Member Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 134	Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:08 am    Post subject: *lazy* i wouldnt mind knowing that so i could runcate emails on the mod list so normal users dont add and annoy them
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Keenie Almost An Agent Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 1071	Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:39 pm    Post subject: to remove characters from the end you could do Code: chop($value); which would take "hi" and return "h" or you could use this Code: $value = substr ($string, $start, $length); eg Code: $string = '12345678901';<br />$grab  = substr($string, 0, 3); <br />print $grab; which would return "123"
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