Hi
I have made those two codes based on what you wrote.
in the case of multiple identical port numbers in the string.
i need to know which would be faster/wiser to use ? 
$s=ME170-5/2/8-ME172-5/2/8-ME4028ME172-5/2/8-ME196-5/2/8-ME4002;
while ($s=~m/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2})/g) {++$r;print "$r Found $1:"
+ .(pos($s)-length($1)+1) .$nl;}<br>

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_OUTPUT_
1 Found 5/2/8:7
2 Found 5/2/8:19
3 Found 5/2/8:37
4 Found 5/2/8:49
$s=ME170-5/2/8-ME172-5/2/8-ME4028ME172-5/2/8-ME196-5/2/8-ME4002;
while ($s=~m/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2})/g) {++$e;print "$e Found $1:"
+ .($-[1]+1) .$nl;}<br>

[download]
_OUTPUT_
1 Found 5/2/8:7
2 Found 5/2/8:19
3 Found 5/2/8:37
4 Found 5/2/8:49
Thank you
Avi

In reply to Re^4: Extract a pattern from a string by avim1968
in thread Extract a pattern from a string by avim1968

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