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Pattern matching for repeated pattern

kapila
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Apr 13, 2009, 10:09 PM

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Pattern matching for repeated pattern	Can't Post

Hi ,
I need to match a pattern something like this

$var="FILES CHECKED IN: TEST1 12.88 NONE TEST2 1.8 1.2 TEST3 1.9 1.6 ……so on"

pattern i wrote -
$pattern='FILES CHECKED IN:[\s]+(.*?)\s+(\d+\.\d+(\.*\d*)*)\s+(\d+\.\d+(\.*\d*)*|NONE)*'

This only matches the last pattern, i want it to match as many times its present. i.e
$1=TEST1
$2=12.88
$3=NONE
$4=TEST2
$5=1.8 so on..

means match repeatedly..can anyone help me in this?

1arryb
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Apr 15, 2009, 8:34 AM

Post #2 of 2 (1356 views)

Re: [kapila] Pattern matching for repeated pattern [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi kapila,

Not sure what you're asking for, but:

If you are looking for all of the words after "FILES CHECKED IN: ", try:

Code

... 
$var =~ s/FILES CHECKED IN: //; 
my @files = split(/\s+/, $var);

You only need tricky regular expressions if any of the "words" contain embedded whitespace.

Cheers,

Larry

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