Got it!Thanks a lot,John! On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:38:21 -0800 "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Renqilong wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:55:02 -0800 > > "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Chris Knipe wrote: > >> > >>>I tried to do this with split(), but it's not working good at all.... > >>> > >>>The string: > >>>interface=something very long with spaces and all > >>>mac-address=00:02:6F:36:2D:31 ap=no wds=no rx-rate=11Mbps tx-rate=11Mbps > >>>packets=12623,18377 bytes=10829240,2009327 frames=12623,18377 > >>>(the above is one line, wrapped for email). > >>> > >>>I need to grab the values for all the options.... > >> > >>$ perl -le' > >>use Data::Dumper; > >>my $string = q/interface=something very long with spaces and all > >>mac-address=00:02:6F:36:2D:31 ap=no wds=no rx-rate=11Mbps tx-rate=11Mbps > >>packets=12623,18377 bytes=10829240,2009327 frames=12623,18377/; > >>my %hash = $string =~ /(\S+)=([^=]+)(?:\s+|$)/g; > > > > =====> would you kindly explain how this (?:\s+|$) works? > > Sure. (?:) are non-capturing parentheses so the pattern inside will not be > returned in list context like normal capturing parentheses. The pattern says > to match EITHER \s+ (one or more whitespace characters) OR $ (the end of the > line.) > > > John > -- > use Perl; > program > fulfillment > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- Whatever you do will be insignificant,but the important is you do it! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
