REGEXP to match someting..

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Re: REGEXP to match someting.. by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 29, 2011 at 14:01 UTC
Can you please be more specific? What do you mean by "dont work"? What code do you use, what output do you get and what output do you expect?	[reply]
Re^2: REGEXP to match someting.. by Pr0metheuS (Initiate) on Dec 29, 2011 at 14:23 UTC
ok.. in my $con i have many <cite> </cite> and my regexp match from <cite> to another </cite> and i get html code. i need regexp to match from <cite> to next </cite> no another </cite>.	[reply]
Re^3: REGEXP to match someting.. by AR (Friar) on Dec 29, 2011 at 14:28 UTC
If you assume your data is well-structured, you could make the * in .* lazy: `while($con =~/<cite>(.*?)<\/cite>/g)` I recommend against this because using regular expressions to parse a markup language is generally a bad idea. You're better off using a CPAN module to parse it for you.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: REGEXP to match someting.. by Pr0metheuS (Initiate) on Dec 29, 2011 at 14:41 UTC