> How do I get a count of the number of matches a regex finds within a string? > > example: > > $_ = "ABabcde12345BAABabcde1234blahblah5BA"; > print $1 if /(AB.*?BA)/ ; > > Ultimate goal is to separate with \n. > > Terry
Try this: $string = "ABabcde12345BAABabcde1234blahblah5BA"; $count = $string =~ s/(?<=AB)(.*?)(?=BA)/$&/g ; print "Count = $count\n"; I believe you can also use tr to count matches... -Erich- _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
