if i want to cut and retrieve a string between any teo symbols.. do i ve any option other than using substr. cos i need to use index to calculate the posn if i wanna use substr..

Here's a possible solution:

earth-wind-and-fire:~/may07 grahamellis$ cat retwo
$string = "Look-between-hyphens";
($inbet) = $string =~ /-(.*)-/;
print "$inbet\n";
earth-wind-and-fire:~/may07 grahamellis$ perl retwo
between
earth-wind-and-fire:~/may07 grahamellis$

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