Never mind,
/(\s+)($string1)(\s+)("?)($string2)("?)/
seems to work. Unless someone sees a sneaky bug in it
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 6:49 AM
Subject: [vox-tech] Regex question
> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to do some text mangling in perl, I have some SQL DDL and in
this
> DDL I'm doing searches and replaces. the source data looks like (at least
> the important bits):
>
> TABLESPACE "SOMENAME"
> INITIAL 555053
> NEXT 11111
> TABLE "TABLE NAME"
>
> ie I have a keyword followed by N spaces/whitespace then a sting or
numbers,
> optionally enclosed by "", the whole thing is terminated by whitespace or
> newline.
>
> What I want to do is find expressions like described. Save save the
> beginning part and
> replace the ending part.
>
> s/\b(\w+)\b("?(\d+)"?\b/$1,$replacement_hash{$2}/g;
>
> What I'm attempting is:
> starting on a word boundary, find 1 or more word characters (and save
them),
> ending on a
> word boundary, then find any digits/alphas surrounded optionally by "
(save
> them) and ending on a word boundary. Then replace the first saved part
with
> the first saved part, replace the second saved part with a replacement
hash
> value.
>
> But this is wrong
>
> any help???
>
> P.s. Linus gave an interview on NPR
> http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/fa/20010604.fa.01.ram
>
> Jay
>
>
>
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