I have a string with names in it, some of these names have digits in them. So i want to find all the names with exactly 1 digit. f.e. Bill3, but not Bill33. So i try to use a regex for this. Here is my code:
use strict;
use warnings;
my $text = "John P5ete Andrew Richard58 Nic4k Le7on5";
my @names = $text =~ /\b\w*\d\w*\b/g;
print "@names\n";
It outputs: P5ete Richard58 Nic4k Le7on5
This should be: P5ete Nic4k
Maybe someone can tell me why this is? Ty.
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|