instead of $_ I used $name but nothing was found by grep. What do you mean by another variable?
-----Original Message----- From: Nikola Janceski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:40 AM To: 'Nazary, David'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: unexpected results with grep inside grep $_ is a special var assigned to each value of the array. use another var for the //; > -----Original Message----- > From: Nazary, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:29 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: unexpected results with grep > > > Hi, > > I am trying to use grep in a simple perl script to find all > the lines in a > list (@labels) that contain certain names in a list (@names). > The problem is > that grep finds all the lines in @labels for every name in > the @names. here > is the script: > > >>>>>>>>>>>> > > open(NAMES, "names"); > open(LABELS, "labels"); > @labels = <LABELS>; > @names = <NAMES>; > > foreach $name (@names){ > open(NEW, ">$name"); #create a file with the name > from @names > @labeled_names = grep (/$_/, @labels); > print NEW @labeled_names; > @labeled_names = ""; #clear the list for the > next name > close NEW; > } > close NAEMS; > close LABELS; > > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > > any idea what is not write here? > > Thanks in advance > David > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
