Hi All, I have a string formatted like this:
my $mystring = 'var1=123::var2=abc456::var3=10.99::var4=def'; What I need to do is to be able to extract name=value. I cannot be sure where in the list a any value will occur so to extract a value for 'var2' from the above example would require matching either: '::var2=abc456::' or 'var2=abc456::' or '::var2=abc456' Can anyone suggest a regex to do this? I've been trying things like: ( $valueforvar2 ) = $mystring =~ m/var2=(.+)[::]/; but this only works if 'var2' is not last in the string. It also generqate a warning as follows: "POSIX syntax [: :] belongs inside character classes in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/var2=(.+)[::] <-- HERE / at Untitled line... Any suggestions appreciated. Bill _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
