Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:02:28 -0500 From: "Carmichael, Lee" <Lee.Carmichael@savvis.net> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Perl split() question (OT)... Message-ID: <3B33FD3ADBD7054DB410CD9DA314133E02E73D2D@sl6exch4>
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Convert the /[/ to /\[/ and see if that works. Generally brackets mean a
character class in perl regexs. You could also use single quotes. E.g.
split('[', $line).
Good luck,
Lee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Bertrand [mailto:iaccounts@ibctech.ca]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:32 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Perl split() question (OT)...
>=20
> Perl hackers -- Figured someone would have a reasonably quick, easy
answer
> for this:
>=20
> I am trying to read through a file, line-by-line, and I want to
extract
> the text in between the [ and ] characters. I would normally half the
line
> by split() - ing the line first by [ as follows:
>=20
> if ($logLine =3D~ /$struct$structStart/) {
> @lineArray =3D split (/[/, $logLine);
>=20
> and then further, half again later using the ]. However, Perl does not
> like it when I search for [, as it thinks I am trying to use a regex.
I
> have tried to escape the pattern, to no avail.
>=20
> Is there a 'special' escape for this, and more importantly, is there
an
> easier way to extract data from a line of a file without having to
split
> it up twice?
>=20
> An example of the line I'm trying to get the contents out of is this:
>=20
> | "LRED[Conversation started on 03 Feb 21:51:11]
>=20
> and I need the data between [ ... ].
>=20
> I know it's OT, but hopefully someone can help me out.
>=20
> Tks!
>=20
> Steve
>=20
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