Re^3: String contents

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Re^4: String contents by perlyr (Novice) on Jun 29, 2012 at 08:32 UTC
you are right, the anchor $ shouldn't be there. But I only extracted "New" instead of "New York"	[reply]
Re^4: String contents by perlyr (Novice) on Jun 29, 2012 at 08:43 UTC
Here is the code again: `/^\s(\w+),\s(\w+ \w+)(.+?\s*LLP)/m` [download] why did I extract "New" instead of "New York"?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: String contents by GrandFather (Saint) on Jun 29, 2012 at 09:00 UTC
why did I extract "New" instead of "New York"? Can't tell because you don't actually show the code that generated the result you claim. The regex works as you seem to expect for me: use strict; use warnings; my $str = <<STR; ended June 30, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generall +y accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the related fina +ncial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolida +ted financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all materia +l respects, the information set forth therein. Melville, New York /s/KPMG LLP September 26, 2001 STR my @matches = $str =~ /^\s(\w+),\s(\w+ \w+)(.+?\s*LLP)$/m; print ">$_<\n" for @matches; [download] Prints: `>Melville< >New York< > /s/KPMG LLP<` [download] True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: String contents by perlyr (Novice) on Jun 29, 2012 at 09:20 UTC
Yes, you are right. This code works now. But when I was trying to generalize this regex, it failed. Here is the new code: `=~ /^\s(\w+\|\w+ \w+\|\w+ \w+ \w+),\s(\w+\|\w+ \w+\|\w+ \w+ \w+)(.+?\s*L +LP)$/m;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]