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Posted by Jason Nugent on September 18, 1998 at 07:20:52:

In Reply to: Re: Perl string manipulation posted by Jason Turner on September 18, 1998 at 03:32:52:

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: : : I have a perl variable that contains this text
: : : |password | +----------+ |rangers |
: : : (Password is the column name, rangers the data).
: : : Can anyone suggest how to extract the 'rangers' part of the string?

: : $data =~ s/| (\w+)|$/$1/; # neato regex

: s/neato/broken/ # :- (

: : let's go through it:

: I'll spare you that pain ;-)

You hurt me, Jason :) I hate it when you find problems with my stuff :) Anyway here is one that DOES work :)

$string =~ s/\|\w+\|\+-+\+\| (\w+?)\|$/$1/; # another neato regex

Jason

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