timtowtdi...

But also, I think Jeff misunderstands how your data is coming in, I'm assuming you're opening a file b4 the code you listed, and not using the __DATA__ token in your script.

I don't like redefining $/, especially shown by Jeff, because it's not local and may cause issues later in your program. If you insist, use: 


# assuming DATA pipe opened for reading...

# declare
my $current;

# begin local code block
{
  # locally define $/
  local $/ = undef;

  # slurp
  $current = <DATA>;

# end local code block
}

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For more on $/, see '6.7. Reading Records with a Pattern Seperator' in The Perl Cookbook.

But I'd do it this way, anyway... 

# open
open (DATA,"/path/to/webpage.htm") || die "Can't open page - $!";

# slurp
$current = join '', (<DATA>);

# close
close(DATA);

# match
$current =~ /<!---CURCON-->\n(.*?)\n<!---CURCON-->s;

# store
my $match = $1;

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Jeff's match also grabs an extra \n at beginning and end which you may not need (small point :)

hope this makes sense.

cLive ;-)

In reply to Re: regex in html by cLive ;-)
in thread regex in html by voyager

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