Regexp help? 1

[SCelia]

This has got me baffled, I'm trying to match this:

<TH>Jets
<TD>9<TD>$170<TD>703328<TD>
320

And the regexp I'm using to do it is...

/\<TH\>Jets\n\<TD\>\d+\<TD\>\$(\d+)\<TD\>(\d+)\<TD\>\n(\d+)/i


the above regexp is all on one line btw.

Maybe I'm jsut too tired to spot the error, but I've been through it a dozen times and I'm sure it's correct. Hopefully you guys spot it. Celia

 

[MikeLacey]

Celia,

this code, copied from your post:

$str = '<TH>Jets
<TD>9<TD>$170<TD>703328<TD>
320';

# And the regexp I'm using to do it is...

if($str =~ /\<TH\>Jets\n\<TD\>\d+\<TD\>\$(\d+)\<TD\>(\d+)\<TD\>\n(\d+)/i){
print &quot;matched\n&quot;;
} else {
print &quot;not matched\n&quot;;
}

displays 'matched' on my system (W2k, Perl 5.6.1)

Why do you think it's wrong? Mike
&quot;Experience is the comb that Nature gives us after we are bald.&quot;

Is that a haiku?
I never could get the hang
of writing those things.

 

[SCelia]

Variables $1, $2, and $3 didn't capture anything. Celia

 

[SCelia]

I also have a W2K system. Celia

 

[SCelia]

Okay it prints matched on my system too. I should point out tho that the string I'm trying to match looks like

<TH>Jets
<TD>9<TD>$170<TD>703328<TD>
320

In notepad, but it is part of the source code of an html page retrieved using LWP:UserAgent. There must be something else on the ends of the lines besides \n? It's not a space but perhaps some other funny character? Celia

 

[gerrygerry]

Try \r with or instead of \n -gerrygerry
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[SCelia]

Thanks gerry! \r\n worked instead of just \n. I would give you a helpful star but there was an error when I tried Thanks anyway. Celia

 

[gerrygerry]

Glad I could help. Thanks for trying! -gerrygerry
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[three]

Please advise what [tt]\r[/tt] stands for??

 

[missbarbell]

\r = carriage return
\n = new line

a hangover from typewriter days.

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[gerrygerry]

Also...

\r is traditionally windows
\n in more common in *nix -gerrygerry
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[yauncin]

Well windows uses both \r\n unix uses \n and mac uses \r.

 

[gerrygerry]

Sure... if you wanna get technical about it! LOL Thanks for correcting me yauncin, I wasn't entirly sure. -gerrygerry
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