# Requires "by": $line = "daffromHello Worldby"; $line =~ /from(.*)(by)/; print $1;
Not sure about making it optional. Can always check if you got "" and then try without the "by" On 5/14/07, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do I pull all the words from a line between the two words 'from' and 'by' when I have NO IDEA what's in there, but I know they are all in one line. To make it more difficult. 'by' is optional... Like this: from......by...... or from...... I want all the stuff inside. Initially I'm thinking /from (.+?) (?:by (.+?))?/ Anything better? I can negate a character with [^b] to mean not-'b' but can I negate a word? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
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