I don't claim to be a master, but you can do something along the lines of:
$range = '4.3:8.3'; $range =~ /(\d+).(\d+).(\d+).\2/ and print map "$_.$2 ", $1 .. $3;
Since it appears you require that the fractional part be the same for both ends of the range, I'm just capturing the integer parts and using Perl's range operator to build the list to feed to map()
I do have a question, I notice you use "and" like an if..then. What if you wanted to do two things if that =~ held true? Is that possible?
Yes.
if ( $range =~ /(\d+).(\d+).(\d+).\2/ ) { print map "$_.$2 ", $1 .. $3; # do something else }
I actually meant doing 2 things using the--
statement 1 and statement 2;
-- syntax.
I thought there was a way to use braces to enclose a set of statements as if it were one, but I could never get it to work in this type of statement...
Of course. This is Perl:
condition and do { statement1; statement2... }BUT, the way John suggested is "The Right Way" to do it. Complex statements are more difficult to interpret by humans, are more prone to be buggy, and are difficult to debug.
Randy.
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