Re: Regex: Matching quoted text

Assuming you are running 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.12.0, or 5.12.1, use

/(?|"([^"]+)"|(-))/
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that should put the match in $1, regardless which alternation matched.

If you are using a pre-5.10 perl, consider this a good reason to upgrade.

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Re^2: Regex: Matching quoted text by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2010 at 13:38 UTC
Ugh........I'm using CentOS on this server and even at the latest relase they only have 5.8 in the repos. Is there anyway to do a similar regex without using that?	[reply]
Re^3: Regex: Matching quoted text by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2010 at 14:05 UTC
Yes, see Text::Balanced, its part of perl 5.8	[reply]
Re^4: Regex: Matching quoted text by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2010 at 15:33 UTC
I don't think Text::Balanced would help since I already know how to extract the text from between quotes, I just need to know what to do if there is no quotes.	[reply]
Re^3: Regex: Matching quoted text by JavaFan (Canon) on Jun 04, 2010 at 15:28 UTC
Not if you want the match to show up in $1, regardless of which alternation matched. If it was possible beforehand, 5.10 would not have introduced the `(?\|)` construct.	[reply] [d/l]