In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean-Francois Messier) wrote:
> I'm a beginner in those regular expressions and s/// operations. How > can I extract only the digits and the periods (.) from a string ? I have > something like 206.48.16.3/12345. An IP address with a port number. There > are digits on both sides of the slash, but I would like to keep only the > digits from on the left as well as the periods. More complex question: If I > have something like "src=206.48.16.3/12345", how can I do the same as bove, > but also removing the "src=" at the beginning ? my $ip = "src=206.48.16.3/12345"; $ip =~ s{^src=|/\d+$}{}g; print $ip; -- brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Perl services for hire CGI Meta FAQ - http://www.perl.org/CGI_MetaFAQ.html Troubleshooting CGI scripts - http://www.perl.org/troubleshooting_CGI.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]