Perl hackers -- Figured someone would have a reasonably quick, easy answer for this:
I am trying to read through a file, line-by-line, and I want to extract the text in between the [ and ] characters. I would normally half the line by split() - ing the line first by [ as follows: if ($logLine =~ /$struct$structStart/) { @lineArray = split (/[/, $logLine); and then further, half again later using the ]. However, Perl does not like it when I search for [, as it thinks I am trying to use a regex. I have tried to escape the pattern, to no avail. Is there a 'special' escape for this, and more importantly, is there an easier way to extract data from a line of a file without having to split it up twice? An example of the line I'm trying to get the contents out of is this: | "LRED[Conversation started on 03 Feb 21:51:11] and I need the data between [ ... ]. I know it's OT, but hopefully someone can help me out. Tks! Steve _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"