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Re: perl string extract

by prasadbabu (Prior)
on Oct 04, 2010 at 06:28 UTC ( [id://863265]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to perl string extract

Please ignore this node.

Something like this?

use strict; use warnings; my $line = 'logfile = filename , abcd=eflk , cxd'; my $file; if ($line =~ /logfile\s*\=\s*(.+?)\s*\,?/){ $file=$1; } print "logfile=$file"; output: ======= logfile=filename
Updated: Misunderstood the question. Added '?' after comma to make it optional.

eyepopslikeamosquito++ Thanks.

Prasad

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Re^2: perl string extract
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 04, 2010 at 06:41 UTC

    Your regex:

    if ($line =~ /logfile\s*\=\s*(.+?)\s*\,/){
    unilaterally matches a comma and so does not seem to match the OP's requirement to match with or without a comma.

Re^2: perl string extract
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 04, 2010 at 07:07 UTC

    Even after your update:

    if ($line =~ /logfile\s*\=\s*(.+?)\s*\,?/){
    it still does not work correctly because the non-greedy (.+?) matches only the f in filename, so that $file has the value f when it should contain filename.
Re^2: perl string extract
by anu_1 (Acolyte) on Oct 04, 2010 at 07:23 UTC
    I tried this solution but didn't work. The output is  logfile=f

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