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Old 11-01-2007
stripping leftmost characters from string

Hi there, if i have some strings ie



test_324423
test_242332
test_767667

but I only want the number part (the bolded bit) how do I strip the leftmost 5 characters from the output so that i will have just

324423
242332
767667

any help would be greatly appreciated
Gary
 

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Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base(3pm)

NAME
Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base - Base class for tree tests and transformations SYNOPSIS
# Extending the Math::Symbolic::Custom class: package Math::Symbolic::Custom::MyTransformations; use Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base; BEGIN {*import = &Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base::aggregate_import} our $Aggregate_Export = [qw/apply_transformation1 .../]; sub apply_transformation1 { # ... } DESCRIPTION
This is a base class for your extensions to the Math::Symbolic::Custom class. To extend the class, just use the following template for your custom class: package Math::Symbolic::Custom::MyTransformations; use Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base; BEGIN {*import = &Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base::aggregate_import} our $Aggregate_Export = [...]; # exported subroutines listed here. # Now implement the subroutines. # Exported subroutine names must start with 'apply_', 'mod_', # 'is_', 'test_', 'contains_', or 'to_' # ... 1; EXPORT Uses a custom exporter implementation to export certain routines from the invoking namespace to the Math::Symbolic::Custom namespace. But... Nevermind. SUBROUTINES
aggregate_import aggregate_import() is the only public subroutine defined by Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base and should only be called in BEGIN blocks like the one shown in the SYNOPSIS above. AUTHOR
Please send feedback, bug reports, and support requests to the Math::Symbolic support mailing list: math-symbolic-support at lists dot sourceforge dot net. Please consider letting us know how you use Math::Symbolic. Thank you. If you're interested in helping with the development or extending the module's functionality, please contact the developers' mailing list: math-symbolic-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net. List of contributors: Steffen Mueller, symbolic-module at steffen-mueller dot net Stray Toaster, mwk at users dot sourceforge dot net Oliver Ebenhoeh SEE ALSO
New versions of this module can be found on http://steffen-mueller.net or CPAN. The module development takes place on Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/math-symbolic/ Math::Symbolic perl v5.10.1 2011-01-01 Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base(3pm)
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