Re: How can I extract part of a string after a specific character

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $string = "TITLE=SPECIAL CASE 1";
$string =~ /.*=(.*)/;
print $1;
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. stands for any character but a newline
* for zero or more times
() stores the result in $1.
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Re: How can I extract part of a string after a specific character by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jul 11, 2002 at 09:57 UTC
Both you and DamnDirtyApe have a `.` preceeding the `=`. Why? `print $string =~ /=(.)/` [download] will do fine. Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: How can I extract part of a string after a specific character by Juerd (Abbot) on Jul 11, 2002 at 10:21 UTC
will do fine. But not the same. Their versions grab everything after the last =, your version grabs evertyhing after the first one. I think your solution is better (and I'm sure it's a lot more efficient), but we can't know for sure without more information. `$\ = "\n"; for ('title=foo' ,'title=foo=bar') { print "-> $_"; print /.=(.)/; print /=(.*)/; }` [download] - Yes, I reinvent wheels. - Spam: Visit eurotraQ.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How can I extract part of a string after a specific character by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jul 11, 2002 at 10:56 UTC
Their versions grab everything after the last =, your version grabs evertyhing after the first one. Eh, no. Only one of their versions grabs everything after the last, the other grabs everything after the first. The problem however didn't specify what should happen if there are multiple `=` characters present. Abigail	[reply] [d/l]


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