Re^2: Problem with ampersand and regex

You are correct and thank you for pointing that out. Unfortunately, I am still having problems though. In an attempt to make the post easy to read, I left out some of the code and that makes the answer thus far impossible as far as I can see. Here is how my code should have looked:

foreach my $line (@array) {
  if ($line =~ /mail: /) {
      my $mail = substr($line, $+[$#+] );
      print "mail=$mail\n";
  }
}
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With that, I see no way to use the single quotes as suggested. Any other possible solutions??

Thank you again.

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Re^3: Problem with ampersand and regex by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 19, 2012 at 21:11 UTC
What do you get if you capture? `if( $line =~ /^mail:\s+([\S]+)$/ ) { my $mail = $1; print "mail=$mail\n"; }` [download] Dave	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Problem with ampersand and regex by Anonymous Monk on Dec 19, 2012 at 21:23 UTC
I get mail=asdf.com ? ?	[reply]
Re^5: Problem with ampersand and regex by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 19, 2012 at 21:48 UTC
Add the following to your script: `use Data::Dumper;` [download] ...and then on the line immediately preceding your "for" loop, add, "`print Dumper \@array;`". There might be something broken in your input data, and that would be a simple means of identifying (or eliminating) it as a problem. Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Problem with ampersand and regex by Anonymous Monk on Dec 19, 2012 at 22:01 UTC
Re^7: Problem with ampersand and regex by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 19, 2012 at 22:09 UTC
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Re^3: Problem with ampersand and regex by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 19, 2012 at 22:25 UTC
The '@' isn't a problem when you read it from a file. Only if you're using it in a double-quoted string. For example: `$ cat t.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @array = <DATA>; foreach my $line (@array) { if ($line =~ /mail: /) { my $mail = substr($line, $+[$#+] ); print "mail=$mail\n"; } } __DATA__ This @ should be just fine mail: this @ should also be fine $ perl t.pl mail=this @ should also be fine` [download] ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l]