Re: [Sheflug] Quick PERL job

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet "Morris, David \(Allvac, UK\)" uttered these words of wisdom:
> 
> > 	$x =~ s/[^[:print:]]//g;
> 
> $x =~ s/\x00//;
> 
> ...seems a little shorter. I can't however comment on the benefits of
> one versus t'other, although your version is a bit more general, n'est
> pas?

Yep ... your's only removes nulls, but mine, using will remove all 
unprinatable characters. In the end depends what data you're seeing :-)

Chris...

ps, is it me or does the list seem to be very stop-start of late? 


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