#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; # 1046930 my $string = "This is what you have" . "\n";; print $string; #this part does not print: substr($string, 5, 2) = "wasn't"; #change "is" to "wasn't" print $string . "\n"; substr($string, -12) = "ondrous"; #"this wasn't wondrous" print $string . "\n"; substr($string, 0, 1) = ""; #delete first character print $string . "\n"; substr($string, -10) = ""; #delete last 10 characters print $string . "\n"; #printing problem end here =head out: This is what you have This wasn't what you have This wasn't whondrous his wasn't whondrous his wasn't =cut