On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Daniel Falkenberg wrote:
> 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...
I would split these lines up first -- using the split function, then test
the individual elements of the list you get back to see if they are what
you want.
-- Brett
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