On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 09:06:53AM -0700, Skot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to search a string for matching content,
> not quite getting it.
>
> something like:
>
> if ($myInputLine =~ m/.\123\.222/) { ... }
Your regex consists of 6 atoms, which must be matched in the precise
order in which they appear in order for the match to succeed. These
atoms are:
atom meaning
---- -------
. match any single character except a newline
\123 whatever was matched by the 123rd set of
capturing parens earlier in this regex
[note you don't have such a thing]
\. a literal period
2 a literal 2
2 a literal 2
2 a literal 2
Not quite sure what you wanted your re to match...you might try one of
these:
/.123\.222/ any non-newline,1,2,3,literal .,2,2,2
/\.123\.222/ literal .,1,2,3,literal .,2,2,2
/.\d{3}\.222/ any character,any three digits,literal .,2,2,2
/.\d*\.222/ any character,zero or more digits,literal .,2,2,2
/.\d+\.222/ any character,one or more digits,literal .,2,2,2
--Dks
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