I am writing a script to parste rtf into xml and have a number of questions about regular expressions.
The first is: I have this line: \sbknone\linemod0\linex0\cols1\endnhere \pard\plain text\par I want to split it at the expression "\endnhere". I can either use @array = split(/endnhere/,2); $first_part_of_line = $array[0]; $second_part_of_line = $array[1]; Or: $line=~/(.*?)endnhere(.*); $first_part_of_line = $1; $second_part_of_line = $2; Which is quickest? I am using this method repeatedly in my script, so I wanted the quickest method. I also have come accross the g anchor. For example: $line=~/(.*?)endnhere/g; $rest_of_line=~/\G.*/; Is it advisable to use this anchor? I know that the $` and $' are deprecated because they slow down a script (at least according to *Perl Cookbook*). How about these anchors? They seem like they would be very useful. Thanks! Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *[EMAIL PROTECTED]* ************************ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
