S.A. Birl wrote: > Given a bookmark: > > <DT><A > HREF="http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/FAQs/FAQ/PerlFAQ.html"; > ADD_DATE="897592292" LAST_VISIT="982769648" LAST_MODIFIED="982769648" > ID="rdf:#$rsy5Z">PERL FAQ</A> > > > Wondering if it's possible to have 2 counters that would keep track > of the > number of < and > encountered. > > Im looking to see if there's a balance of < and >, and scream as soon > as > there isnt a balance. > > So given the above bookmark, I know that there's 3 < and 3 > > and the pattern is basically <><><> and not <<>> or >><, etc.
If you're specifically looking whether the brackets follow the pattern <><><>, could you just do something like: my $brackets = join '', $bookmark =~ /[<>]/g; die "Bad pattern" unless $brackets eq '<><><>'; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
