Jim Canon wrote: > > On 1/14/07, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Jim Canon wrote: >> > >> > Thank you very much for the response, it has helped me begin to >> > understand how regular expressions work. I see that /(\d+)$/ >> > matches the numbers until the end of line in >> > >> > @job1 = qw( >> > job555 >> > job572 >> > job8433 >> > job873 >> > job594 >> > job4663 >> > job2221 >> > job2223 >> > ); >> > >> > [ snip] >> > >> > If I wanted to match the same as above, but there are other numbers >> > infront of what I need to match, such as below: >> > >> > @job1 = qw( >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job555 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job8433 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job873 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job594 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job4663 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job2221 >> > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job2223 >> > ); >> > >> > [ snip ] >> > >> > What would be the best expression you would use to match the same >> > jobnumbers as previously? I tried all of the expressions that made >> > sense to me but did not have luck >> >> I do not understand your question. In your example arrays above none of >> the elements have "numbers infront" of them? > > By numbers in front I am referring to word1 word2 job2006 > in the element: > word1 word2 job2006 three four five six community job555
There are nine elements there, some of which have numbers at the *end*. > It seems that /(\d+)$/ matches word1 word2 job2006 job555 Yes because each of those elements has a number at the end. > I was reviewing http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html but am having trouble > determining the best way to match just job555 ??? John -- Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and in short order. -- Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
