I have the following line:
REQUESTED DATE: LPD WRITE UP/OFF PARAMETERS
RUN DATE: 09/06/01 16:30
Now this is just one manifestation of the line or similar lines.
It may or may not have the REQUESTED DATE: phrase.
It may or may not have the RUN DATE: phrase.
I am trying to extract the center section or title which may have ()-/>< characters
interspersed in the title.
Here is my attempt which is failing:
$line =~ s/\s{2,}(\w+(\s?\W?\w+)*).*?/$1/;
Here is my explanation of what I think I am doing (as misguided as I may be :-):
1) \s{2,80} find a string of blanks at least 2 long. This will find the blanks in
front of the title (LPD WRITE UP/OFF PARAMETERS).
2) (\w+(\s?\W?\w+)*) find a word that may or may now be followed by sequences of a
blank or one of the above characters (non-word) followed by another word. In other
words I am thinking of the above title as |LPD| WRITE| UP|/OFF| PARAMETERS|.
2a) (\s?\W?\w+)* I think I am saying that this grouped expression can appear 0 or
more times. My title could very well be 1 word or several.
3) .*? suck up the rest of the line without sucking up the beginning of the line so
the replacement is only $1.
What I get returned in $line is:
REQUESTED DATE:LPD WRITE UP/OFF PARAMETERS RUN DATE:
09/06/01 16:30
I think I have fried my brain (I know......big assumption :-)
TIA
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