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need help removing charactors from string

gerble1000
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Jun 9, 2012, 6:44 AM

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need help removing charactors from string	Can't Post

how to remove every character from a string except these assci codes
48 to 57
63 to 90
97 to 122
32
39 to 41
44 to 46
127
8

how would i go about removing all other charactors from the string any ideas would be great :)

FishMonger
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Jun 9, 2012, 8:29 AM

Post #2 of 14 (2421 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

What have you tried?

The most common approach would be to use a regex with a negated character class.

gerble1000
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Jun 9, 2012, 8:53 AM

Post #3 of 14 (2418 views)

Re: [FishMonger] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

i tried this

my $message = "Hello frank it's me graham ring me when u get 2 mins :)...";

$message =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9]*//g;
but this does not allow me to have commas and spaces and more.
i want to allow curtain charactors through

FishMonger
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Jun 9, 2012, 9:04 AM

Post #4 of 14 (2417 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

Have you tried expanding the character class to include all of the desired characters?

gerble1000
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Jun 9, 2012, 9:34 AM

Post #5 of 14 (2414 views)

Re: [FishMonger] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

not quite sure how to do that as i borrowed this code from a google search

FishMonger
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Jun 9, 2012, 9:51 AM

Post #6 of 14 (2412 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

Rather than simply copying something from the internet without knowing what it does, you should learn about regular expressions.

Start by reading the related perldoc's

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlrequick.html
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlrecharclass.html

There are a couple others, but that will get you started.

It would also be a good idea to pick up a copy of Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596528126.do?green=17242849862&intcmp=af-mybuy-9780596528126.IP

gerble1000
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Jun 10, 2012, 2:49 AM

Post #7 of 14 (2304 views)

Re: [FishMonger] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

ok i have read the first link.
does this look ok
$message =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9\077\100\040\047\050\051\054\055\056]*//g;

\077\100
are octal codes for ? and @
i am assuming this will work.

i have learned that ^ finds everything except what follows.
~ matches and the * repeats till the end s will search and replace and the /g

gerble1000
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Jun 10, 2012, 3:08 AM

Post #8 of 14 (2299 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

ok it seems to error out somewhere
this is the charactor causing all the problems
� � � � � �

gerble1000
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Jun 10, 2012, 4:24 AM

Post #9 of 14 (2289 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

ok i have it working now with this code
$message1 =~ s/[^a-zA-Z0-9\ \o{077}{100}{040}{047}{050}{051}{054}{055}{056}]*//g;
is this how you would have gone about doing it

FishMonger
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Jun 10, 2012, 8:15 AM

Post #10 of 14 (2267 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

I'd start with this and adjust if needed.

$message =~ /[^-?@ ',.A-Za-z0-9]+//g;

gerble1000
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Jun 11, 2012, 2:09 AM

Post #11 of 14 (2253 views)

Re: [FishMonger] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

also on another note, how would you go about checking a file for a sentence with an if else statement. as this is what i have but only does a word and not a sentance.

open(FILE,"result.txt");
if (grep{/word/} <FILE>){
close FILE;
print "word found";
}
else{
close FILE;
print "not found";
}

instead of "word" i would like to have "word to look for"
i have tried this if (grep{/word\ to\ look\ for/}
but does not seem to work.
what am i doing wrong :)

BillKSmith
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Jun 13, 2012, 7:18 AM

Post #12 of 14 (2170 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

It does work for me. Perhaps you could post a sample of the data that it should match but does not. Is part of the phrase on one line and rest on another?
Good Luck,
Bill

gerble1000
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Jun 16, 2012, 7:35 AM

Post #13 of 14 (1675 views)

Re: [BillKSmith] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

your right that does work :)
but i can not do this

Code

if ((grep{/Message\ Sent\ Successfully/} <FILE>) || (grep{/Your\ message\ has\ been\ sent/} <FILE>)){ 
close FILE; 
open(F, '>>:utf8', 'sentchecktest.txt'); 
print F "sent\n"; 
close F; 
} 
 
else{ 
close FILE; 
open(F, '>>:utf8', 'sentchecktest.txt'); 
print F "error\n"; 
close F; 
}

i would have used an elsif but it does not work on my version of perl "strange"

gerble1000
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Jun 17, 2012, 7:00 AM

Post #14 of 14 (1633 views)

Re: [gerble1000] need help removing charactors from string [In reply to]	Can't Post

sorted it
if (grep{/Message\ Sent\ Successfully/ || /Your\ message\ has\ been\ sent/} <FILE>){

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