The input is an xml file. It contains nodes like <some tags> <property name = some_name country = some_country> <optional ttags> <contact type=admin> <optional tags> <email> [EMAIL PROTECTED] </email> </contact> <some tags> I want to find the contact e-mail for a given property. I did a workaround by using $& to get the pattern matched, and processed it to get the e-mail, but it is confusing why the matched pattern is not captured by the assigned variable.
Thanks, Kapil.V On 9/11/07, Andrew Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What exactly are you trying to do and what values are you using for your > test? > -----Original Message----- > From: kapil.V [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 September 2007 07:06 > To: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Help with data returned by regex match > > Hi, > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > my $path = shift; > my $machine = shift; > my (undef,$country, $property) = split /\//,$path; > my $xmlData = qx!./pindown. php $machine!; my @contacts = $xmlData =~ > /property name=\"$property\ " > country=\"$country\ ">.+?<contact type=\"admin\ ">.+?<\/contact> /is; > #print > "$&\n"; print @contacts; > > This prints "1" > But printing $& prints a block of XML. > Why does the array contacts not contain the pattern matched?(Also tried > assigning the matched pattern to a scalar.) > > Thanks, > Kapil.V > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > This e-mail is from the PA Group. For more information, see > www.thepagroup.com. > > This e-mail may contain confidential information. Only the addressee is > permitted to read, copy, distribute or otherwise use this email or any > attachments. If you have received it in error, please contact the sender > immediately. Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is personal to the > sender > and may not reflect the opinion of the PA Group. > > Any e-mail reply to this address may be subject to interception or > monitoring for operational reasons or for lawful business practices. > > > > >
