[SOLVED] Bash: Assign output of a command to a variable

I have a nice bit of code to convert hh:mm:ss into seconds like this:Code:jonke@charlie:~$ echo "1:01:0" | sed -E 's/(.*):(.+):(.+)/\1*3600+\2*60+\3/;s/(.+):(.+)/\1*60+\2/' | bc
3660
jonke@charlie:~$Converts one hour and one minute into seconds.

How can I assign this to a variable?

I've tried:Code:jonke@charlie:~$ ST="1:01:0" | sed -E 's/(.*):(.+):(.+)/\1*3600+\2*60+\3/;s/(.+):(.+)/\1*60+\2/' | bc
jonke@charlie:~$ echo $ST
10:01
jonke@charlie:~$ ST=$("1:01:0" | sed -E 's/(.*):(.+):(.+)/\1*3600+\2*60+\3/;s/(.+):(.+)/\1*60+\2/' | bc)
bash: 1:01:0: command not found
jonke@charlie:~$and I've tried other variations of this with no luck, it must be very simple, but I'm missing the point!