Mike Martin wrote:
On 27/09/2007, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike Martin wrote:
Hi I am trying to capture only the first occurence of a charcter
followed by any word ie: in this sample text
!this is a first level heading
!!this is a 2nd level heading
I only want to find the first
Rob Dixon wrote:
Mike Martin wrote:
$line=~s/\!(^\![A-Z][a-z].+)/$1/gc;
$line =~ s/^!(![a-z].+)/$1/gi;
You are both using an anchored pattern with the /g option which makes no sense
unless you are also using the /m option.
John
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Mike Martin wrote:
Hi I am trying to capture only the first occurence of a charcter
followed by any word ie: in this sample text
!this is a first level heading
!!this is a 2nd level heading
I only want to find the first item and not the second
current code
$line=~s/\!(^\![A-Z][a-z].+)/$1/gc;
On Sep 27, 8:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Martin) wrote:
> Hi I am trying to capture only the first occurence of a charcter
> followed by any word ie: in this sample text
>
> !this is a first level heading
> !!this is a 2nd level heading
>
> I only want to find the first item and not the second
>
