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in thread Regex problem while parsing tagged, hierarchical data

perl -pi -e 'if(/<level1(\sid=\".*\")>/){$a=$1};if(/<level2>/){$_=~s/( +<level2)>/$1$a>/g}' input or perl -pi -e '$a=m/(<level([12]))(\sid=\".*\")*>/;if($a){$2==1?$b=$3:$_ +=~s/($1)/$1$b/g;}' input or perl -pi -e '$a=m/(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>/;$a?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s/( +$1)/$1$b/g:next;' input or perl -pi -e '$a=m;(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>;;$a?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;( +$1);$1$b;g:1;' input
or golf by monsieur_champs
perl -pi -e 'm;(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>;;$&?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;($1) +;$1$b;g:1;' input
sorry =) -1 char
perl -pi -e 'm;(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>;;$&?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;($1) +;$1$b;g:1' input
insane !!! 33 chars
perl -pi -e '/l1(\sid=.*)>/?$a=$1:s;l2>;l2$a>;' input

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Mago
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Re^3: Regex problem while parsing tagged, hierarchical data
by smokemachine (Hermit) on Sep 19, 2006 at 12:53 UTC
    perl -pi -e '/(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>/;$&?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;($1);$1$b;g:1;' input
      Ups !! -1 char
      perl -pi -e '/(<level(1|2))(\sid=\".*\")*>/;$&?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;($1); +$1$b;g:1' input


      Mago
      mago@rio.pm.org


        perl -pi -e '/(<level(1|2))( id=\".*\")*>/;$&?$2==1?$b=$3:$_=~s;($1);$1$b;g:1' input