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gevni
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May 21, 2013, 4:35 PM

Post #1 of 14 (3685 views)

Problem in regular expression!!	Can't Post

Hi i have csv file and i want to print the lines that have .java string in first column. I try to make some regular expression but it shows me some error. Can you plz check what I am doing wrong with regular expression.

Thanks
My csv file is

Code

AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,7,134 
AST.swt,1,1,1,1,7,0,9,0,0,7,7,138 
AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,6,174 
AST.swt,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,5,123

My code is

Code

#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use warnings; 
use strict; 
 
open (EXEC, "+<my_file.csv")or die("Could not open  file."); 
open (FILE, ">>new.csv")or die("Could not open  file."); 
while(<EXEC>) 
{ 
    chomp; 
     if(/(\S+)\.\(\java\)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)\,\(\d+)/) 
   {   
    printf FILE "$_"; 
 
    } 
} 
 
close(EXEC); 
close(FILE); 
exit;

hwnd
User

May 21, 2013, 4:54 PM

Post #2 of 14 (3678 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

One way you can do this:

Code

   /\s*.java.*/

(This post was edited by hwnd on May 21, 2013, 5:03 PM)

BillKSmith
Veteran

May 21, 2013, 7:35 PM

Post #3 of 14 (3667 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

Or use a one-liner.

Code
perl -pe"$_='' unless /^[^,]java/" my_file.csv >new.csv

Corrected regexp. Should be:

Code

perl -pe"$_='' unless /^[^,]*java/" my_file.csv >new.csv

This is the windows version (double quotes around the code. Two single quotes after the equal sign). Reverse single and double quotes on UNIX.

Note: The regexp matches java before the first comma.
Good Luck,
Bill

(This post was edited by BillKSmith on May 22, 2013, 9:51 AM)

gevni
Novice

May 22, 2013, 4:41 AM

Post #4 of 14 (3661 views)

Re: [hwnd] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi @hwnd it give me the same file with all lines as an output. I want only these lines that have .java string. like that

Code

AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,7,134  
AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,6,174

(This post was edited by gevni on May 22, 2013, 4:44 AM)

gevni
Novice

May 22, 2013, 4:43 AM

Post #5 of 14 (3660 views)

Re: [BillKSmith] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

I have mac, i try this liner command but it won't execute. Might be I am trying wrong quotes order. Can you plz specify it for mac?

Code

BillKSmith
Veteran

May 22, 2013, 5:22 AM

Post #6 of 14 (3654 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

I do not know anything about mac OS. I can explain what I am trying to do.

The quotes after the '=' are part of the perl program. The intention is to return a null string. For this purpose, it makes no difference whether you use single or double quotes. You could even use q() or qq() instead. As far as your OS is concerned, -pe"...." is a command-line argument for the perl interpreter. Again, perl will accept either kind of quotes. You have to find out how to write an argument that contains quotes.
Good Luck,
Bill

gevni
Novice

May 22, 2013, 5:58 AM

Post #7 of 14 (3648 views)

Re: [BillKSmith] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

I change the quote order then it works. But it generate the empty file. I think same regular expression issue.

BillKSmith
Veteran

May 22, 2013, 9:57 AM

Post #8 of 14 (3624 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

Yes it is the regexp. I made a typo in my previous post. Note the correction that I have already made. (I omitted the '*' needed to match multiple non-comma characters). Sorry about that. Blush

Good Luck,
Bill

Laurent_R
Veteran / Moderator

May 22, 2013, 10:40 AM

Post #9 of 14 (3623 views)

Re: [hwnd] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

One way you can do this:

Code

   /\s*.java.*/

This won't work. Perhaps you meant something like this:

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/\w\.java/

FishMonger
Veteran / Moderator

May 22, 2013, 11:03 AM

Post #10 of 14 (3622 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

gevni,
please post beginner questions like this in the Beginner section.

Code

#!/usr/bin/perl	 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
 
open my $exec_fh, '<', 'my_file.csv' or die("Could not open 'my_file.csv' $!");  
open my $out_fh, '>>', 'new.csv' or die "Could not open 'new.csv' $!"; 
 
print $out_fh grep { /^[^.]+\.java/ } <$exec_fh>;

(This post was edited by FishMonger on May 22, 2013, 11:14 AM)

FishMonger
Veteran / Moderator

May 22, 2013, 11:10 AM

Post #11 of 14 (3621 views)

Re: [gevni] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

Here's another option.

Code

#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
 
#open my $exec_fh, '<', 'my_file.csv' or die("Could not open 'my_file.csv' $!"); 
#open my $out_fh, '>>', 'new.csv' or die "Could not open 'new.csv' $!"; 
 
#print $out_fh grep { /^[^.]+\.java/ } <$exec_fh>; 
 
while ( <DATA> ) { 
    print if (split /,/, $_)[0] =~ /java/; 
} 
 
__DATA__ 
AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,7,134 
AST.swt,1,1,1,1,7,0,9,0,0,7,7,138 
AST.java,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,6,174 
AST.swt,1,1,1,1,7,0,6,0,1,7,5,123

FishMonger
Veteran / Moderator

May 22, 2013, 11:24 AM

Post #12 of 14 (3619 views)

Re: [BillKSmith] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

Or use a one-liner.

Code
perl -pe"$_='' unless /^[^,]java/" my_file.csv >new.csv

Corrected regexp. Should be:

Code

perl -pe"$_='' unless /^[^,]*java/" my_file.csv >new.csv

This is the windows version (double quotes around the code. Two single quotes after the equal sign). Reverse single and double quotes on UNIX.

Note: The regexp matches java before the first comma.

Wouldn't it be better/cleaner/shorter to use -n instead of -p?

Code

perl -ne "print if /^[^,]*java/" my_file.csv > new.csv

BillKSmith
Veteran

May 22, 2013, 11:46 AM

Post #13 of 14 (3615 views)

Re: [FishMonger] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

You are right, considering the wording of the original question. In general, I do not see any difference.
Good Luck,
Bill

Laurent_R
Veteran / Moderator

May 22, 2013, 12:01 PM

Post #14 of 14 (3613 views)

Re: [FishMonger] Problem in regular expression!! [In reply to]	Can't Post

I also think it would be much clearer.

EDIT: I did not see Bill's answer when I posted mine.

(This post was edited by Laurent_R on May 22, 2013, 12:02 PM)

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