Anonymous Monk,
Then it sounds like the code I provided is on the right track. It would need to be modified a bit to take into account your additional requirements. Again, this is why it is important to explain your problem without assuming things are just "understood".
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $string = 'One bright day in the middle of The Night';
my (%seen, $new_string);
for my $char ( split // , $string ) {
$char = lc $char;
next if $seen{$char} || $char !~ /^[a-z]$/;
$seen{$char}++;
$new_string .= $char;
last if length $new_string == 26;
}
print "$new_string\n";
I hope this helps - L~R
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