using a regex like :
        /^src=((\d+\.){3}\d+)\//
          Starts at beginning of variable with src= then place in $1 3 sets of digitrs 
followed by a period and another set of digits followed by a /

        Now you could have the port check as part of the regex, but that would be up 
to you.

        Assumes the search is being done on $_

Wags ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: Messier, Jean-Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 08:07
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Daniel Falkenberg
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Confirmation...


        I'm a beginner in those regular expressions and s/// operations. How
can I extract only the digits and the periods (.) from a string ? I have
something like 206.48.16.3/12345. An IP address with a port number. There
are digits on both sides of the slash, but I would like to keep only the
digits from on the left as well as the periods. More complex question: If I
have something like "src=206.48.16.3/12345", how can I do the same as bove,
but also removing the "src=" at the beginning ?

        Thanks :-)

Jean-Francois Messier
Ottawa, CANADA

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:18 PM
To: Daniel Falkenberg
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Confirmation...


On Dec 6, Daniel Falkenberg said:

>$string =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g;
>
>I take it only allows $string to eq anthing in the charcter class of
>a-z, A-Z and 0-9.  I also take it that anything other than that will be
>stripped out?  Any other comments?

Right.  I'd write it as

  s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+//g;

for "efficiency".  Or perhaps as

  tr/a-zA-Z0-9//cd;

for "clarity".  Your ideas of "efficiency" and "clarity" may differ.

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