Hi Shashi, Thanks for the reply.
Sorry I didn't make myself clear enough in the previous email. If I read the whole file into an array (@file) and then change it into a scalar($string) the position of each word will change from the second line. If I want to know the position of each match the return position will be different from those in the original file. This is what I mean " a little bit unnatural for me".(You are correct that the original file never changes unless you write something to it). I think it might be natural for me to read the file line by line and get the return position looks like these(just an example), similar to do the word search in microsoft Word, which is what I really want: match in line 1 and the end of matching position is 4 match in line 4 and the end of matching position is 24 ...... --- Shashidhara Bapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Chen, > > You can do one line at a time also. > > (Also, if you read whole file, convert it into a > string and work on that > string, the original file will not change.) > > - Regards, > Shashi. > > > On 1/4/06, chen li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Chris and others for the information. > > > > Chris, I have another question: I have a file > > containing multiple lines and it looks like this: > > > > (line 1).....chen..... > > (line 2).............. > > (line 3) chen......... > > > > If I read the whole file at once and change it > into a > > string I have no problem using regular expression > to > > find out the word "chen". But it looks like a > little > > bit unnatural for me because it changes the file's > > format. Is it possible to do the match without > change > > the file format? One way I think is to use a loop > to > > read the file line by line and do the match for > each > > line. I wonder if this is the best way to get the > job > > done. > > > > Once again thank you very much, > > > > Li > > > > > > --- Chris Charley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "chen li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Here is my problem: > > > > > > > > my $string="chen schen"; > > > > > > > > I want to use regular expression to find the > exact > > > > match in the string. So when I want to match > > > "chen" I > > > > expect "chen" only. > > > > But use the following line I get both "chen" > and > > > > "schen" at the same time. > > > > $string=~/chen/g; > > > > > > > > How do I get what I expect? > > > > > > Hi Chen > > > > > > You can get the results by adding a \b before > and > > > after your reg expression. > > > \b is a boundary between a word and a non-word > > > character. (A word character > > > is a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or underscore, _).So, for your > > > example, schen wouldn't > > > match then because the 's' preceding 'c' is a > word > > > character and so the \b > > > wouldn't be true. But, it would match chen > because > > > the (non) character > > > (beginning of the string) preceding the 'c' > would > > > make \b true. > > > > > > $string=~/\bchen\b/g; > > > > > > MATCH > > > "chen " > > > "#chen" > > > "here is a chen and another chen" > > > "chen's" (the apostrophy is a non-word char) > > > > > > NO MATCH > > > "schen" > > > "chens" > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <http://learn.perl.org/> > > > <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________ > > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. > > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <http://learn.perl.org/> > <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
