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 -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]