On Jun 30, Morgan said:
>I need to match some parts if a document. and store it in variables so
>I can send the matching string into more than one new file.
>while (<>) {
>$pub =~ if (/<pub>/i .. /<\/pub>/i )
>}
I think what you want to do here is:
while (<>) {
print if m!<pub>!i .. m!</pub>!i;
}
(Print to the proper filehandle, of course.) This means "print the line
if it is in between a line holding <pub> and a line holding </pub>.
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