Hello - Perl newbie here looking for some help in string manipulation! I have a String which can either be with the "-" or without that character. String is: "This is a design-controlled string". (OR) "This is a design controlled string"; In either case, I have to extract the word "design" if Controlled is found. To determine if Controlled exists, I have the below. So, inside the IF,I'm thinking this is what I need to do. 

   if ($title_ele =~ m/controlled/i)
  {

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  • #controlled exists
  • #Find the position where "controlled" starts in string
    •  $pos = index($title_ele,$controlled_key);
  • #Extract everything from <start of string> till <start of controlled>
  • #Split the remaining string by space.
  • #check if last word is "-". If it is, extract the second last word,which will be "design".

    • Is this the right approach? If so, how can I implement it using Perl? Alternately, is there an easier way that I can extract the word "design" from a string if "controlled" exists? Thanks much in advance, madbee

    In reply to Search and Extract from String by madbee

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