On Monday 14 April 2008 16:35, Sharan Basappa wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to capture the text between two tokens. These tokens > always exist in pairs but can occur N times. > I somehow dont get what I want. > > $str =~ m/tokena(.*)tokenb/ms; > print $1; > Try
$str =~ m/tokena(.*?)tokenb/ms; The ? after the * stops it being greedy - i.e. it stops at the 1st tokenb and not the last Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
