I think the obvious answer to this question is that you never ask a Perl group how to parse a string :)
The possibilities are of course endless. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew DODKINS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: simple question Or you could do this : $string = "1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.100437591.0 => 16 hours, 03:58.75"; print $string=~/=>(.*)/; >>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 12/12/01 09:09pm >>> Try something like the following. By the end of the day you'll probably have at least 5 solutions. my $string = "1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.100437591.0 => 16 hours, 03:58.75"; my ($a, $tail) = split("=>", $string); print "beginning: $a\n"; print "tail: $tail\n"; -----Original Message----- From: Mike Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: simple question How would I parse this output so that ONLY the value after the => is returned? Output: 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.100437591.0 => 16 hours, 03:58.75 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105223983.0 => 2 hours, 46:14.83 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105297783.0 => 2 hours, 33:56.83 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105304518.0 => 2 hours, 32:49.48 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105538136.0 => 1 hour, 53:53.30 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105749311.0 => 1 hour, 18:41.55 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105841716.0 => 1 hour, 03:17.50 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.10.19.1.3.1.1.8.105850396.0 => 1 hour, 01:50.70 === Mike Singleton CCNA, CNE, MCSE Network Analyst (253) 272-1916 x1259 (253) 405-1968 (cellular) [EMAIL PROTECTED] DaVita Inc. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-admin _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-admin _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-admin _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Admin mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-admin
