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Re: remove the part of the string that is after the second to last '/'

by ajwans (Scribe)
on Mar 07, 2002 at 21:46 UTC ( [id://150145]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to remove the part of the string that is after the second to last '/'

How about 

$string =~ s!^(.*/).*?/$!$1!;

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Guess I just prefer non-greedy matching to negated character classes.

1. dude, what does mine say?
2. "sweet", what about mine?
3. "dude", what does mine say?
4. GOTO 2
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