String manipulation in perl

[ajd335]

Hi all,
I got one value after all computation which is something like
" 3643294 /usr/local/bin/xyz"

The last xyz is the user input and hence changable.
I wanted store just 3643294 in one variable and remove all starting with /usr........
How can I do so??
Thanks,

[KevinADC]

There are a number of ways to go about this. Next time post the code you have tried to resolve your question, even if it didn't work. Here is one way:

$var = "3643294 /usr/local/bin/xyz";
$var =~ tr/0-9//cd;
print $var;

assumes there are never digits in the /usr/blah/blah part

[ajd335]

Thanks ,
The problem is resolved.