Perl split() question (OT)...

[Carmichael, Lee]

Convert the /[/ to /\[/ and see if that works. Generally brackets mean a
character class in perl regexs. You could also use single quotes. E.g.
split('[', $line).

Good luck,

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Bertrand [mailto:iaccounts at ibctech.ca]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:32 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Perl split() question (OT)...
> 
> Perl hackers -- Figured someone would have a reasonably quick, easy
answer
> for this:
> 
> I am trying to read through a file, line-by-line, and I want to
extract
> the text in between the [ and ] characters. I would normally half the
line
> by split() - ing the line first by [ as follows:
> 
>         if ($logLine =~ /$struct$structStart/) {
>                 @lineArray = split (/[/, $logLine);
> 
> and then further, half again later using the ]. However, Perl does not
> like it when I search for [, as it thinks I am trying to use a regex.
I
> have tried to escape the pattern, to no avail.
> 
> Is there a 'special' escape for this, and more importantly, is there
an
> easier way to extract data from a line of a file without having to
split
> it up twice?
> 
> An example of the line I'm trying to get the contents out of is this:
> 
> | "LRED[Conversation started on 03 Feb 21:51:11]
> 
> and I need the data between [ ... ].
> 
> I know it's OT, but hopefully someone can help me out.
> 
> Tks!
> 
> Steve
> 
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