Try this... # untested $text =~ s/\[[^\]]+?\]/$1/g;
[^\]] - means anything but a closing bracket +? - means 1 or more times (as few as possible) Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Simple regex How can I write a regular expression to keep the part of a string that's between a pair of square braces? Here's a sample line: Updating Wellbore Set Keys: [wlbr_id = 1234567890, data_provider_code = MTBL, welltype = OIL] Thanks in advance for your help! Scott Scott E. Robinson SWAT Team Data Mgt Practices & Operations (DMPO) RR-690 -- 281-654-5169 EMB-2813N -- 713-656-3629 Safe today - here tomorrow -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
