Daniel Mueller wrote: > > hi group! Hello,
> i'm currently trying to match all variables in a file, the regex i use looks > like this : > > m/([\$|\@|\%]\w+)/g > > it matches as far as i can see what i want but it also matches stuff like > this : > > |SOMETEXT > > why is this? what am i doing wrong? A character class is different than a regular expression. A character class specifies a list of characters of which you only want to match one. Your list includes the characters '$', '|', '@' and '%'. Your match should be written as: m/([EMAIL PROTECTED])/g Note that '|', '@' and '%' have no special meaning inside a character class, just the '$', '^' and '-' characters have. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
