Manish Sapariya [MS], on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 11:12 (+0530) typed: MS> Thats really neat way of writing the expression I was looking for. MS> But somehow I couldnt get the following compiled. It says
heh, ok, this will work: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $a="1: 192.168.0.180:32866 - 192.168.0.183:143 (a2b) 14< (complete)"; my $ip = '((?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})'; print "ip = $1\n--\n" if ( $a =~ /$ip/ ); if ( my ($myip) = $a =~ $ip ) { print "ip = $myip" } __END__ 1. I think you should use "use strict;" and after that "use warnings;". 2. regexp operator is =~ 3. you dont need parenthesis around $ip -- How do you protect mail on web? I use http://www.2pu.net ["Bother" said Pooh as he found the hook in the fish he had swallowed] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>