Re: how to do get digit numbers like -,.?

++ for asking a complete question. Here is a complete answer:

use warnings;
use strict;

my @f =( "Figure. 89-9","Figure 12-8","Figure 1.2");
foreach (@f) {
  print "  $1\n" if /(\d+[-.,]\d+)/;
}
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Re^2: how to do get digit numbers like -,.? by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Jun 01, 2013 at 13:24 UTC
Just expanding upon your good answer to include the abbreviation 'Fig': `perl -E 'my @f =("2013-06-01", "fig 1-1", "Fig. 2.2", "Figure. 89-9"," +Figure 12-8","Figure 1.2"); foreach (@f) { print " $1\n" if /fig(?:ure)?\.?\s(\d+[-.,]\d+)/i; }' 1-1 2.2 89-9 12-8 1.2` [download]	[reply] [d/l]