Re: regex issue

Your file contains the name and the age on each line.

However, since you anchor the search with the ^ at the start and the $ at the end, and you're only looking for the name, it can't match.

You could match with /^\Q$student\E\s+\d+$/ - Student name, one or more blanks, one or more digits.

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Re: Re: regex issue by Anonymous Monk on Feb 27, 2004 at 21:35 UTC
using the index work but it only checks for the name , I am trying to see if the age match as well, I will skip that line only if the name and age match. thanks	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: regex issue by optimist (Beadle) on Feb 28, 2004 at 00:46 UTC
Well, then, you need to match on both the name and the age: `$found = 1 if /^\s\Q$student\E\s+\Q$studentAge\E\s$/` [download] should do the trick. If no one else ever touches the file, you can get away with eliminating with `\s*` on either side, but I figure they don't hurt, on the off chance someone brings the data file into an editor at some point.	[reply] [d/l] [select]