try to split the lines like:
my ($var1, $var2,$var3,$var4) = split /:/, $line; # for every line of file
than you can work with this as you like
or you can split into array or in hash like this $hash{w1}{w2}{w3}{w4} =
anything to control
and than work with this hash
Hope it helps
Martin
Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am working on a regex that just won't do what it's told...
>
> Basically I have a file like the following...
>
> test1:x:26:testing1
> test2:x:45:testing2
> test3:x:45:testing3
> test4:x:23:testing4
> test5:x:45:testing5
>
> Now I need to strip everything in there that is before the first ':' and
> only match anything with the ':45'. I also need to be able to extract
> everything past the last ':' and then store her in a hash like this...
>
> %crud = {
> 'test2' => 'testing2',
> 'test3' => 'testing3', #Because these have 45 within them
> :)
> 'test5' => 'testing5'
> }'
>
> Here is what I have so far...
>
> $name_of_hash = "Crud";
>
> open FILE ....
> while (<FILE>) {
> $keys_of_hash = $1 if /^\s*(.*?)\s*:/;
> }
> close FILE;
>
> This is fine because it now finds the first part ie...
>
> test1
> test2
> test3
> test4
> test5
>
> Can some one give me some suggestions on where I would go next?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
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