Re: Simple regex with numbers

Try this:

/Results <b>[\d,]+ thru [\d,]<\/b> of\s+([\d,]+)/

Or, if this number will always be at the end of the line (save maybe for whitespace):

/([\d,]+)\s*$/

Updated: per Skeeve's correction, below, I escaped the / in </b>. (And not only didn't I downvote it, I upvoted it. Corrections: good.)

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Re^2: Simple regex with numbers by Skeeve (Parson) on Sep 29, 2004 at 20:29 UTC
-- because you missed a \. Your RE won't work. Update: At -1 ;-) ~~Someone can't stand criticism?~~ The missing \ is in the closing bold-tag: You should have used <\/b> instead of </b> `$\=~s;s.;q^\|D9JYJ^^qq^\//\\\///^;ex;print`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Simple regex with numbers by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2004 at 20:40 UTC
Actually, it turns out there mght be a new line after OF and before the last number. So there can be any number of spaces and new lines (which would explain why I can't get any of the examples to work). How can I make it also work for newlines?	[reply]
Re^3: Simple regex with numbers by JediWizard (Deacon) on Sep 29, 2004 at 20:46 UTC
\s+ should match new lines, so skeeve's example should still work. Unless you are reading in from a file, and are only reading one line at a time, in which case you would need to `slurp` the entire file in and then use skeeve's example. May the Force be with you	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Simple regex with numbers by Jasper (Chaplain) on Sep 30, 2004 at 08:54 UTC
~~\s+ should only match new lines if you add the s modifier to the end of the regex.~~ This is balls. Of course it is. I was thinking of '.'. Stupid me.	[reply]
Re^3: Simple regex with numbers by Skeeve (Parson) on Sep 29, 2004 at 21:27 UTC
Not as easy, but solvable without slurping in the whole file. I assume you read from <> to $_ `my $num; while (m#Results\s+<b>[\d,]+\s+thru\s+[\d,]+</b>\s+of\s+([\d,]+)?\s$# +) { $num=$1; last if defined $1 or eof; $_.=<>; } # value, if any, in $num` [download] `$\=~s;s.*;q^\|D9JYJ^^qq^\//\\\///^;ex;print`	[reply] [d/l] [select]