Shishir, et al --
...and then Shishir K. Singh said...
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% >Again, the most straightforward solution is:
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% > ($out) = $in =~ /\((.*?)\)/;
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% You are right ...this will be the the most simple sol..in case nothing needs to be
done to $out...but in case
% some thing needs to be done on
On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:26 , todd shifflett wrote:
> I have this situation:
> $in = "02 Jul 5.00 (YHZ GA-E)"
>
> I want:
> $out = "YHZGA-E"
you have a two stage problem -
a) get the stuff between the ()
b) remove the white space
if ($in =~ /\
>
> On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Shishir K. Singh wrote:
>
> >> $out = $1 if ($in =~ /\((.*?)\)/);
> > Nope..won't work..I take it back!!
> >
>
> >looks ok to me. except it adds extra strokes to previous answer.
> >what do you think is wrong with it?
>
> It will work fine as far
> -Original Message-
> From: Shishir K. Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:26 PM
> To: bob ackerman; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: extracting a string from between parens
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48
On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Shishir K. Singh wrote:
>> $out = $1 if ($in =~ /\((.*?)\)/);
> Nope..won't work..I take it back!!
>
>looks ok to me. except it adds extra strokes to previous answer.
>what do you think is wrong with it?
It will work fine as far as the regex is concer
> -Original Message-
> From: bob ackerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: extracting a string from between parens
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Shishir K. Singh
On Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at 08:48 AM, Shishir K. Singh wrote:
>> $out = $1 if ($in =~ /\((.*?)\)/);
> Nope..won't work..I take it back!!
>
looks ok to me. except it adds extra strokes to previous answer.
what do you think is wrong with it?
>
> >I have this situation:
> > $in = "02 Jul 5.00 (YHZ GA-E)"
>
>
> >I want:
> > $out = "YHZGA-E"
>
>
> >How do I extract the information between the ()s ?
> >Other than the parens all other characters are likely to change.
>
> Perhaps
> $in =~ /\((.*?)\)/;
> $out = $1;
>This is a
> -Original Message-
> From: Shishir K. Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: todd shifflett; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: extracting a string from between parens
>
>
> >I have this situation:
> >
> -Original Message-
> From: Shishir K. Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: todd shifflett; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: extracting a string from between parens
>
>
> >I have this situation:
> >
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