On Aug 13, Janek Schleicher said: >Laddo wrote at Tue, 13 Aug 2002 06:31:24 +0200: > >> var/backup/usersA2F.0.1_1027468994_24 >> >> i want a regular expression that can find only the third part i.e only >> usersA2F.0.1_1027468994_24 > >Of course, you can also use a regexp: >m:/(.*?)$/
That regex should read m:/(.*?)$:, but it's still broken. The .*? doesn't mean "match the shortest chunk possible", just "TRY matching as little as possible". The regex will match "backup/users...". -- 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]
