On Jun 6, lz said: >I will have the file that will start with the >following line: > >Dear Name (ID12345) >.... >.... >.... >....
>Do you know how can I parse the above file, so I can >retrieve the ID12345? Open the file, read the first line, and use the following regex: ($id) = $line =~ /\((ID\d+)\)/; -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
