>>> Ben Crane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 28.05.2003 13:24:28 >>> >Anyone know how to match characters that occur within >a set of other characters? >e.g: [15/ I want the 15...get [15/ using /\[(\d{2}\/)/ >which is what it gives me, but I want to match >starting/ending characters anywhere within a string >and take the value between the start/end characters?
Hmm... as far as i understood, you want all characters between [ and / . you could use something like this $string =~ s/\[(.*)\//$1/; (untested) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]