Daniel Falkenberg wrote: > > Hey all, Hello,
> I am just working on a small text file and was wondering if a regular > expression would help me here. Basically the text file looks like > this... > > User data query User data query Time utilization for this billing period > Pre-paid hours: 744 Hours used so far: 29.55 Excess hours billed at: > $1.00 per hour Traffic utilization for this billing period Pre-paid > megabytes: 500 Megabytes used so far: 60.52 Excess Megabytes billed > at: $0.18 per Megabyte > > Now I want to extract the following... > > 1: All digits after Pre-paid hours: including a period (.). > 2: All digits after Hours user so far: including a period (.). > 3: All digits after Excess Hours billed at: including a period (.). > 4: All digits after Pre-paid megabytes: including a period (.). > 5: All digits after Used so far: including a period (.). > 6: All digits after Excess Megabytes billed at: including a period (.). > > Would this be the best way of going about this? If so where do I start my $text = <<EOT; User data query User data query Time utilization for this billing period Pre-paid hours: 744 Hours used so far: 29.55 Excess hours billed at: $1.00 per hour Traffic utilization for this billing period Pre-paid megabytes: 500 Megabytes used so far: 60.52 Excess Megabytes billed at: $0.18 per Megabyte EOT my $pre_paid_hours = $1 if $text =~ /Pre-paid\s+hours:\s+([\d.]+)/i; my $hours_used_so_far = $1 if $text =~ /Hours\s+used\s+so\s+far:\s+([\d.]+)/i; # etc. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]