Thanks Gang,
I ended up with
"if ( $line =~ m/^(ORA-\d+):/ ) {"
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From: Paul Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:11 AM
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Subject: RE: Regex
Ummm no your are correct. I assumed it was imbedded in other text so do
this instead.
m/\bORA-(\d+)\b/
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> > m/\s*ORA-(\d+)\s+/
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but wont this match fail if there are no
> spaces after
> ORA-600
>
> I would think this is better
> if ($line =~ m/ORA-(\d+)/){$number = $1;}
>
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > > I am trying to code a regex to pull out the number part of
> > > "ORA-600" or 600.
> > >
> > > I have started with "if ($line =~ m/^(ORA-)(\-[0-9]*)$/)
> > {" but this
> > > is obviously wrong.
> > >
> > > Anyone out there willing to get me on the right track?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
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