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rigel_kent 05-23-2006 05:56 AM
Excluding text in Perl
 
Good morning,

I have a variable, $data, wich contains text (with lines, paragraphs, etc.).

How can I exclude a portion of the text beggining with some words and ending at another?

I've triesd:

Code:
$data =~ s/First words(.*|\r|\n)last words//gmi;
but it doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Rigel_Kent

acid_kewpie 05-23-2006 06:09 AM
well i'd suggest takign the two parts either side and joining them together afterwards.

$data =~ /^(.*)start.*end(.*)$/;
echo $1 . $2;

should work ok save for my probable syntax errors.

spirit receiver 05-23-2006 07:25 AM
try
Code:
$data =~ s/First words.*?last words//gsi;
(I guess it's the /s-modifier you were looking for, and note the non-greedy *?)

rigel_kent 05-23-2006 08:35 AM
Doesn't work...it should.

Regards,

Rigel Kent

rigel_kent 05-23-2006 08:56 AM
Correction: it works !!!

Thanks,

Rigel_Kent


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