Finding an element of an array

green_lakers has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi there,

I have an array which looks like this:-
array[0]=pppp_mmmm (install) 111111.156558 1111 918( 43%) 833( 39%) 85( 4%)
I want to extract this number 156558 and put it in a variable abc

output abc = 156558
Hi Everyone,
The first element of the array is :---

pppp_mmmm   (install)   111111.156558  1111   918( 43%)   833( 39%)   
+ 85(  4%)
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I want the value of the variable abc = 156558

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Re: Finding an element of an array by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 04, 2008 at 21:02 UTC
That's one array element, so this has nothing to do with arrays. You could use a regular expression. For example, the following code extracts all the digits that immediately follow the first ".": `my ($abc) = $array[0] =~ /\.(\d+)/;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Finding an element of an array by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Dec 04, 2008 at 21:07 UTC
green_lakers, See Getting Matching Items From An Array though I suspect you might need a pointer to splice. You haven't explained your question very well. Cheers - L~R	[reply]
Re: Finding an element of an array by Lawliet (Curate) on Dec 04, 2008 at 21:04 UTC
I want to extract this number 156558 and put it in a variable abc Then what are you waiting for? :P A question for you ~ is `array[0]=pppp_mmmm` the 0th element of the array or are you trying to assign that whole string to the 0th element? Update OPer updated his OP. -- If there will only be one period in the string than the regex that has been stated earlier will suffice. Could we get more sample data? (I assume that that is sample data and there are other strings that you need to retrieve information from.) I'm so adjective, I verb nouns! chomp; # nom nom nom	[reply] [d/l]