Rob Dixon wrote at Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:51:46 +0000: > Janek Schleicher wrote: >> > $data = "David (man from uncle)"; >> > >> > $data = "John Doe (The boy down the hall)"; >> > >> > What I want to do is split $data into two string variables, one holding the >> > $name, and the other holding all the $info that is within the parens. How >> > would I do this? Thanks for any help. >> >> I would use a regexp: >> >> my ($name, $info) = $data =~ /(.*?)\w+\((.*)\)/; > > Hi Janek. > > I'm afraid your regex is wrong! It does the following:
Yep, it was a typo and untested. > capture zero or more (as few as possible) of any character > !! match one or more 'word' characters followed by an open parenthesis > capture zero or more (as many as possible) of any character > match a close parenthesis Replace the \w+ with a \s* like of Stefan suggested, an everything works fine :-) The main advantage of a regexp solution against a split solution is that it will also work with something like $data = "Janek Schleicher (The (not yet) perfect regexp man :-))" Greetings, Janek -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
