1. Re: pattern matching
Hi David!
The code below is not written very concisely but I just tested it and it
yields:
string1 is Name:
string2 is Name:
string3 is Name:
string4 is Name:
Your match works -- you simply forgot the "=~" at the beginning of the
match, which tells Perl that a match was made.
Perl code below:
$comparison="Name:"; #contains the string to scan for a match
$comparison=~/.* ^Name: (.*)/; #I believe this is the kind of match you
wanted
print "string1 is $comparison" ;
print "<br>";
$comparison="Name:"; #contains the string to scan for a match
$comparison=~/^Name:/;
print "string2 is $comparison" ;
print "<br>";
$comparison="Name:"; #contains the string to scan for a match
$comparison=~/Name:/;
print "string3 is $comparison" ;
print "<br>";
$comparison="Name:"; #contains the string to scan for a match
$comparison=~/a/;
print "string4 is $comparison" ;
I fear I am dreadfully off-base, but I hope this might help in some way....
Cheers!
--Warren
>my pattern matcher *won't* work with something
> like this:
>
> /.* ^Name: (.*)/
>
> Because the wildcard on the left hand side will eat up "Name:". Are
> wildcards like this allowed in Perl?
>
> -- David Cuny
