Convert the /[/ to /\[/ and see if that works. Generally brackets mean a
character class in perl regexs. You could also use single quotes. E.g.
split('[', $line).Good luck, Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bertrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Perl split() question (OT)... > > Perl hackers -- Figured someone would have a reasonably quick, easy answer > for this: > > I am trying to read through a file, line-by-line, and I want to extract > the text in between the [ and ] characters. I would normally half the line > by split() - ing the line first by [ as follows: > > if ($logLine =~ /$struct$structStart/) { > @lineArray = split (/[/, $logLine); > > and then further, half again later using the ]. However, Perl does not > like it when I search for [, as it thinks I am trying to use a regex. I > have tried to escape the pattern, to no avail. > > Is there a 'special' escape for this, and more importantly, is there an > easier way to extract data from a line of a file without having to split > it up twice? > > An example of the line I'm trying to get the contents out of is this: > > | "LRED[Conversation started on 03 Feb 21:51:11] > > and I need the data between [ ... ]. > > I know it's OT, but hopefully someone can help me out. > > Tks! > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
