Hi,

I have some string like "000 05 27832 Food Chn KR FM CORP W/O AK - RMA", i want to process the first 3 characters, each should be of 0-9 and write it in a file.

I have an idea of using like

$var1 = [0-9]{3,}

and now comparing this with the above string. Can anyone pls help me wat this [0-9]{3,} literally means??

thank you, But

I have this string "000 05 27832 Food Chn KR FM CORP W/O AK - RMA"

where i have to process only the first 3 characters,

can i use
if ( $var1=~ /^[0-9]{1,3} )
{
print "$var1";
}
*******

Where it prints only the string which has 0-9 in first 3 char, else it will not print it. Can you pls help me?

my @captured = (); 
if( @captured = $var1 =~ m{ \A \s* (\d{3}) }msx ){ 
  print "@captured\n"; 
}