On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:49:19 -0000, you wrote: >hi, > how does one extract *just* the matched text in a regular expression, >e.g. > >my $text = "Hello 1234, come in"; >if ($text =~ /\d{4,4}/) >{ > #grab just the 4 digit number >} > >thanks
$1 contains the text in () in secound () is $2 and so far hope it helps martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]