[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Quick Perl question...

[Jon Spriggs]

So, why not do /<solar>(.*)<\/solar>/   ?

-- 
Jon "TheNiceGuy" Spriggs

On 12 Jul 2010 22:56, "LeeGroups" <mailgroups at varga.co.uk> wrote:


>> $solar_info =~ s/<\/solar>.*/,/;
>>
>> From my tinkerings, this should find the string </solar>...

> What's the input string? The following code simply prints "," for me
> not ",abcdef" as you sugges...
This input <solar>8,27.31,28.68,28.81,0.00,0.00,0</solar>
It need to be --
8,27.31,28.68,28.81,0.00,0.00,0

Another line chops off the <solar>.
The problem is that occasionally there is rubbish on the end of the
line, or even another line appended to the end of the first...





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