Re: Trying to extract an email address

2002-02-15 Thread Michael Fowler
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 05:45:44PM -0800, Marc Morrison wrote: > I tried the nongreedy modifier grep/@?/ but this > didn't work. ? is a quantifier here, not a non-greedy modifier. The non-greedy modifier only works on quantifiers. To break it down a bit, + * and ? are called quantifiers, becaus

Re: Trying to extract an email address

2002-02-14 Thread Leon
- Original Message - From: "Marc Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a text file which contains much un-needed data, > but also contains a bunch of email addresses I need. > I have been succesful in the basics of opening the > file and putting the contents into a

Trying to extract an email address

2002-02-14 Thread Marc Morrison
Hi all, I am a newbie and really enjoy this list. I have what i am sure is a fairly easy question, but I need help. I have a text file which contains much un-needed data, but also contains a bunch of email addresses I need. I have been succesful in the basics of opening the file and putting th