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Re^5: Script won't runby Athanasius (Archbishop) |
on Nov 23, 2015 at 03:37 UTC ( [id://1148365]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
As I explained above, you can’t put the assignment $line = $newline; inside the while loop, because updating $line resets the /g match position to the beginning of the string, creating an infinite loop. I tested my code before posting, and when the assignment $line = $newline; occurs after (i.e., outside) the inner loop, the tied file is updated correctly. I suspect your current problem is that the regex match is failing. In light of your subsequent post, it appears your data file never contains a string matching / Name=(.*?) \s+ Password=(.*?) (?:\s+|$) /mx. You will need to adapt the while loop regex to the actual format of the data in the input file. For example (untested):
or just:
Update (25th November, 2015): Changed / < \s* Name= to / < Node .*? Name= in each regex. Hope that helps,
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