Re: Simple Regex Problem.

[Gregg R . Allen]

It was close but what I got is : "JohnDoe.com"  Instead of  
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]".

I think it has something to do with escaping the "@" sign.  I've been 
experimenting, but without much luck.

Thanks,

Gregg

On Tuesday, Mar 4, 2003, at 15:31 US/Mountain, Hanson, Rob wrote:

Try this...

my $data = "BlahBlahBlahBlah From: BlahsvilleDude
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>BlahBBlahBBlah"
$data =~ s/^.*<([^>]*)>.*$/$1/;
Broken down...

s/ = substitute
^ = beginning of string
.* = anything, zero or more times
< = "<"
( = start trapping text
[^>]* = anything but ">", zero or more times
)> = stop trapping text
.* = anything, zero or more times
$ = end of string
/$1/ = replace matched text with the trapped text
Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregg R. Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Gregg R. Allen
Subject: Simple Regex Problem.
So my boss just told me that he doesn't like the fact that the "From:"
field in our email database typically looks like:
"BlahBlahBlahBlah From: BlahsvilleDude
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>BlahBBlahBBlah"
(The "blahs", of course, are not literal, but can be anything.)

He wants the subject field to look like: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

I know this can be done very easily with a Perl regex but I've been
away from Perl for about two years and I've forgotten
very much.
Thanks in advance,

Gregg R. Allen

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