I would probably use: m/([^\\]+)$/ Since this is a pretty easy regex problem, you obviously need to sit down with a good regex doc and go over the basics. Some useful points:
  1. You are matching at the end of the string so $ is very useful.
  2. You are trying to extract something that does not match a particular character, use a negated character class.
  3. You are trying to extract data, use capturing parentheses.
Your Mother also gave a good solution, following the advice from Mastering Regular Expressions. "If you know what you want to keep use the match operator, if you know what you want to discard, use split" (paraphrased, badly).
G. Wade

In reply to Re: Quick Regex Needed by gwadej
in thread Quick Regex Needed by Anonymous Monk

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