Rather than just the textual description you included above, it is generally much better to include a small sample of your actual input wrapped in code tags. Note that your post has been misformatted as a result. See Writeup Formatting Tips. Also, please provide sample output, as I have a great deal of trouble following your spec. See How do I post a question effectively?.

I note that your posted code has several basic syntactic issues. Are you learning Perl from a book, or are you attempting to modify someone else's script? Do you have any background in programming in general? These issues include using a capitalized AND (vs. and, Perl is case sensitive), Modifiers on your regular expressions that are inappropriate for what you are trying to do, and a wholly incorrect block structure. Telling us where you are will let us better guide your development as a programmer and point you to more useful resources.

I am loathe to leave this node without a concrete bit of suggested code, but I am at a loss for how to even modify the posted code to "work".

In reply to Re: need help with a regex by kennethk
in thread need help with a regex by aquinom

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