Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:18:22 +0200 From: Mathias Samuelson <mathias.samuelson@proact.se> To: iaccounts@ibctech.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl split() question (OT)... Message-ID: <4104B03E.3080102@proact.se>
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Steve Bertrand wrote:
> Perl hackers -- Figured someone would have a reasonably quick, easy answer
> for this:
>
> 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:
>
> if ($logLine =~ /$struct$structStart/) {
> @lineArray = split (/[/, $logLine);
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> An example of the line I'm trying to get the contents out of is this:
>
> | "LRED[Conversation started on 03 Feb 21:51:11]
>
> and I need the data between [ ... ].
>
> I know it's OT, but hopefully someone can help me out.
>
> Tks!
>
> Steve
Something like this perhaps:
while(<>) {
/.*\[(.*)\].*/;
$text = $1;
}
Rgds
Mathias
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