On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need to capture whole text after "#" character in each line from a
> > file.The below script is not working can any one suggest the correct
> > thing plz..
>
> Your regexp:
>
> > if ($line1 =~ /^#\(.*\)/)
^ - This makes to search ( following a # at the
start. I feel you wanted to group and just coded this.
/#(.*)$/
^
Need not be at teh start always
(.*)$ anything after and is captured in $1 (till line end).
HTH
~A
>
> matches any string that:
>
> begins with '#'
> followed by a literal '('
> followed by zero or more of any character
> followed by a literal ')'
>
> From your description above, you want something like:
>
> /#(.*)$/
>
> which captures anything following a '#' up to the end of the string.
>
> Randy.
>
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