On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:53, Rick <rich.j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> __test-code__
> use warnings;
> use strict;
> my $test_s = 'hi [how are you]';
>
> my $data;
> if ( $test_s =~ m/\[.+\]/ ) {
> $data = $1;
> }
> __END__
>
> is there easier way to do this
> I was hoping something like this would work
>
> $data = ($test_s =~ m/\[.+\]/); but does not work.. I tried @data too but
> still don't work..
> I want to assign what was matched directly into the variable without going
> through if statement.
A regex returns all captures found when it is in list context, so if
you add a capture to your regex and then make certain the call is in
list context (instead of scalar context) you should get what you want:
my ($data) = $test_s =~ /(\[(.+)\]/;
The code above assumes you want what is between the first and last
brackets in $test_s. If the string contains more than one set of
brackets you may want to say this instead:
my ($data) = $test_s =~ /(\[(.+?)\]/;
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