[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for help on a regex that examines strings such as
>
> "xxxN yyyyyyy sssNNN"
> "xxxN yyyNyyy sssNNNN"
> "xxxN yyyNyyy ssssssN"
>
> and returns only the sss part? N is always a numeral, and s is always
> alphabetic.
>
> Here is what I have so far as an example. I believe there is an
> eloquent way to do this in a single regex.
>
> my (
> $string,
> $prefix
> );
>
> $string = "MBH1 WELL PIT050";
> ($prefix) = $string =~ ???????????? # I want $prefix to
> equal PIT
if it is really of that format then /\s(\D+)\d+$/ is one shot which
looks for a space followed by NON Numeric and then alpha and then end of line
or data.
Wags ;)
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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