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More efficient would be:<br />
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$value =~ s/^.*?teststring//;<br />
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as there is no reason to capture the string being removed.<br />

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Hi Experts,<br />
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I have to print the portion of a string by removing anything before the word teststring in the following string.<br />
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this is: a long line teststring: &nbsp;this portion is needed<br />
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I want to print the new string as: this portion is needed.<br />
Thank you
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Hi Experts,

I have to print the portion of a string by removing anything before the word teststring in the following string.

this is: a long line teststring:  this portion is needed

I want to print the new string as: this portion is needed.
Thank you

More efficient would be:

$value =~ s/^.*?teststring//;

as there is no reason to capture the string being removed.


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