On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:17:20 -0400, perl.org wrote > > I need to find all % characters in a string that are not element > attributes. for syntax instance: > > <div width="100%">some value%</div> > > I need a regex that matches the % in value% but not in 100% because > it is within angle braces. > > Is it possible or more complicated than regex?
Just to make it more fun, sometimes the < and > are encoded as < and > - I would hope for a regex that ignores both. I was thinking I could remove the elements with s#<[^>]+>##g before comparison but I'm not sure how to code the regex if > might be >. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
