Thanks to everybody for replying and for the good explanations. :-) Steve Hemond Programmeur Analyste / Analyst Programmer Smurfit-Stone, Ressources Forestières La Tuque, P.Q. Tel.: (819) 676-8100 X2833 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: Randy W. Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:59 AM > To: Hemond, Steve > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Substitutions > > > On 3/8/2004 8:35 AM, Hemond, Steve wrote: > > > Hi ppl, > > > > In an HP/GL2 file, there is a command called SP (select > pen) which is > > associated to a pen number from 1 to 64. I have to parse > the file and > > insert a command after each select pen command. > > > > Example : 10652PUPD515,10652PUPD515,2536PUSP61PU57531,8270PDPA57 > > ---- > > > > to : > > 10652PUPD515,10652PUPD515,2536PUSP61;NEW_COMMAND;PU57531,8270PDPA57 > > ---------------- > > > > How can I search for either one digit after SP (for pen > numbers from 1 > > to 9) or two digits (from 10 to 64) ? > > > > My actual way of doing it is : > > s/SP(\d*)/SP$1;NEW_COMMAND;/) > > > > In the case mentionned above, the subtitution won't work. > d* doesn't > > seem to be the correct way to search for digits after SP. > > > > It has to find for one OR two digits after SP. > > > > /SP(6[1-4]|[1-5]?\d)/ > > SEE ALSO: > Mastering Regular Expressions; O'Reiley > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
