Jon Shoberg wrote:
> 
>         I have a list/database of words that follows as ...
> 
> Top
> ...
> Top/Arts/Food
> Top/Arts/Food/Country
> ...
> Top/World/America
> Top/World/Japan
> Top/World/Japan/Economy
> Top/World/Japan/Food
> Top/World/Japan/Food/Country
> Top/World/Japan/Food/Country/By_Chef
> 
> ...
> 
> How can I setup a regexp query/filter such that I can choose the prefix and
> the number of "/" in the results?
> 
> Example: How can I query/filter the list such that I am looking for all
> "Top/World/" matches that have only one more word after them.

$_ = 'Top/World/Japan';

if ( m-^/Top/World/[^/]+$- ) {


> So my only
> results from the example about would be "Top/World/America" and
> "Top/World/Japan".  Then I would do the same for "Top/World/Japan" and get
> "Top/World/Japan/Economy" and then "Top/World/Japan/Food".  This is part of
> the program so I can count the number of "/" in the query/filter string.

$_ = 'Top/World/Japan/Food/Country/By_Chef';

my $count_slashes = tr-/--;



John
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