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Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else

ACtheMadScripter
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Oct 30, 2000, 10:48 PM

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Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else	Can't Post

I need the price off the end of this line but nothing else from it.

This is the line
New item posted, #971884540 (TomCruise Missles):::971798140:::-1.00:::Posting fee of $-1.00 charged.:::-4.92

i know i need to use reg exp, but the syntax always confuses me.

Plz help a Mad Man out :)

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AC the Mad Scripter
Script long and prosper!

ACtheMadScripter
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Oct 30, 2000, 10:56 PM

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Re: Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else [In reply to]	Can't Post

P.S. The number at the end can be positive or negitive and can also be a number into the 1000's as in 5000.00 or -5000.00

Thanks for all help ,

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AC the Mad Scripter
Script long and prosper!

japhy
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Oct 31, 2000, 11:52 AM

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Re: Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else [In reply to]	Can't Post

You can use split:

<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

($price) = (split /:/, $string)[-1];
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Or a regular expression:

<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

($price) = $string =~ /([^:]+)$/;
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Or my RegexParser module (requires Perl 5.6.0):

<BLOCKQUOTE>code:<HR>

use RegexParser 'reverse_match';
($price) = reverse_match $string => qr/([^:]+)$/;
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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Jeff "japhy" Pinyan -- accomplished author, consultant, hacker, and teacher

ACtheMadScripter
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Oct 31, 2000, 12:20 PM

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Re: Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else [In reply to]	Can't Post

Excellent, i am gunna use the split function.
That seems to be good for my needs.
We arn't updated to 5.6.0 yet.
Can you help me to understand why that particular function (split) works the way it does and why it doesn't it read the -1.00 in the string

japhy
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Oct 31, 2000, 12:38 PM

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Re: Need the data at the end of a line, but nothing else [In reply to]	Can't Post

The split() function splits a string into pieces based on some regular expression. You want the last one, so I took the element of the list it returns with an index of -1, which is the last element. Read perldoc -f split for more info, or read the perlfunc documentation online at http://www.perldoc.com/.

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