Re: 2 basic questions

[choroba]

1. The string increment is magical, but no other string operations are. Therefore, if you do not want to resort to ord arithmetics, you have to repeat the increment:

   my $check = 'a';
   $check++ for 1 .. 5;
   

2. TIMTOWTDI. You can for example use substr:

   my $check = 'cd';
   substr $check, 0, 1, q();
   

   Or, use a substitution:

   my $check = 'sp';
   $check =~ s/^.//;