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How to get the value after a string

dk1979
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Feb 8, 2017, 6:48 AM

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How to get the value after a string	Can't Post

Hi all,
I have the following string and want to get the value of start_time:

{\"id\":01,\"start_time\":\"1477954800000\",\"stop_time\":\"1485817200000\",\"url\":http:://www.example.com\}

For sure one can get the value by json parsing. However out of pure curiosity I'd like to know how this can be achieved by perl regexp.
I know that if the format was start_time = 1477954800000 one can get the value by the expression :
start_time = (\w+)

But I'm quite confused how to bypass the special charachters \":\"
Can anyone give a hint ?

Laurent_R
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Feb 8, 2017, 7:58 AM

Post #2 of 3 (8607 views)

Re: [dk1979] How to get the value after a string [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi,

an example on how to do it (demonstrated under the Perl debugger):

Code

  DB<1> $s = '{\"id\":01,\"start_time\":\"1477954800000\",\"stop_time\":\"1485817200000\",\"url\":http:://www.example.com\}' 
 
  DB<2> print $1 if $s =~ /start_time\\":\\"(\d+)\\"/; 
1477954800000 
  DB<3>

(This post was edited by Laurent_R on Feb 8, 2017, 7:59 AM)

dk1979
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Feb 8, 2017, 9:45 AM

Post #3 of 3 (8600 views)

Re: [Laurent_R] How to get the value after a string [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks a lot it did the work

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