try this :
if($string =~ m/\[(EC:.+?)\]/)
{
print $1
}
On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 09:53 AM, Adam Witney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to write a simple regex to strip out some text, here is some
> sample code
>
> $string = '[EC:] [SP:]';
>
> if($string =~ m/\[(EC:.+)\]/)
>
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 02:53:24PM +, Adam Witney wrote:
>
> Basically I want to strip out the contents of the first [], but this seems
> to be matching from the outside in. Is there a way to make it look for the
> first ] after the [ ?
Use a negated character class.
m/\[(EC:[^\]]+)\]/
Ron
Hi,
I am trying to write a simple regex to strip out some text, here is some
sample code
$string = '[EC:] [SP:]';
if($string =~ m/\[(EC:.+)\]/)
{
print $1
}
However this returns
EC:] [SP:
Instead of
EC:
Basically I want to strip out the contents of the first [], but this seems
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