Re: help with regex

The captures $1, $2, etc are number by their appearance in the pattern:

string=\"(\d+)\"|static-address\/(.*?)\"
         ^^^^^                   ^^^^^
          $1                      $2
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Re^2: help with regex by Anonymous Monk on Mar 27, 2009 at 13:14 UTC
So in other words I will need to check to see if $1 gets set otherwise use $2 correct? I was hoping I could set both to $1	[reply]
Re^3: help with regex by Anonymous Monk on Mar 27, 2009 at 13:16 UTC
I guess I could do this: `while(<DATA>) { chomp; if (/string=\"(\d+)\"\|static-address\/(.*?)\"/) { my $id = $1 ? $1 : $2; print "ONE: $id\n"; } } __DATA__ static string="123456" containing numbers html value <a href="static-address/foo">text</a>` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: help with regex by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 27, 2009 at 16:29 UTC
The following would be better: `if (/string=\"(\d+)\"\|static-address\/(.?)\"/) { my $id = defined($1) ? $1 : $2;` [download] And then there's this: `if (/string=\"(\d+)\"/ \|\| /static-address\/(.?)\"/) { my $id = $1;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]