in reply to Strip part of url

my $url = "http://google.com/folder/1234.html";

my @parts = split /\//, $url;

(my $numbers )= $parts[-1] =~ m/(\d+)/;

print $numbers;

# 1234

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-silent11

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Re^2: Strip part of url
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Feb 11, 2011 at 20:53 UTC

    silent11:

    That's a bit wordy, and you're using multiple regular expressions. If you make your regular expression a little more complex, you can do it like this:

    my $url = "http://google.com/folder/1234.html";
my $numbers = $url;
$numbers =~ s#^.*(\d+)[^/]*$#$1#;
print $numbers;

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    ...roboticus

    When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^2: Strip part of url
by htmanning (Friar) on Feb 11, 2011 at 20:00 UTC
    Perfect. Thanks so much!
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