RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com" ?
 

Just a stupid question from a newbie:
How do I setup a reg exp which matches if the text (line) contains
either the full word "karl@aol.com" or the full word "paul@hotmail.com" (without quotes)?

(karl@aol.com|paul@hotmail.com)

does not work.

Gerd

Re: RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com"?
 

Gerd Pohlmann wrote:
> Just a stupid question from a newbie:
> How do I setup a reg exp which matches if the text (line) contains
> either the full word "karl@aol.com" or the full word
> "paul@hotmail.com" (without quotes)?
>
> (karl@aol.com|paul@hotmail.com)
>
> does not work.

Does not work?

Please post a small but complete program, where you have included "use
strict;" and "use warnings;" at the top, and that illustrates your
problem. Let us know which error or warning messages you get (if any),
and try to avoid just saying "does not work".

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Re: RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com" ?
 

Gerd Pohlmann <gpohl@email.com> wrote:


> (karl@aol.com|paul@hotmail.com)
>
> does not work.


Of course not, it is not Perl code.

Did you mean to ask a question about Perl code?

If so, then show us the Perl code that your question is about...


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Re: RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com" ?
 

Am Wed, 04 Feb 2004 13:47:49 +0100 schrieb Gerd Pohlmann:

> Just a stupid question from a newbie:
> How do I setup a reg exp which matches if the text (line) contains
> either the full word "karl@aol.com" or the full word "paul@hotmail.com" (without quotes)?
>
> (karl@aol.com|paul@hotmail.com)
>
> does not work.
>
> Gerd

Hi Gerd,

you have to mask the @ and the . with a \

So it looks like this
(karl\@aol\.com|paul\@hotmail\.com)

If you want to use it in a Perl Program then you must includ it into two /
like this
(/karl\@aol\.com/|/paul\@hotmail\.com/)

If you want to learn more about Regexp then use ISBN 3-89721-349-4 from
O'Reilly.

greets
Robert

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Re: RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com" ?
 

In <pan.2004.02.04.16.39.16.196934@lnubb.qr> Robert Meyer <rtbvfg99@lnubb.qr> writes:

>(/karl\@aol\.com/|/paul\@hotmail\.com/)

That looks like a bitwise OR of two scalars... I suppose it would
work, but it's not terribly good Perl. How about

/karl\@aol\.com|paul\@hotmail\.com/

?

Re: RegExp for matching word "karl@aol.com" or word "paul@hotmail.com"?
 

J Krugman wrote:
> Robert Meyer writes:
>>
>> (/karl\@aol\.com/|/paul\@hotmail\.com/)
>
> That looks like a bitwise OR of two scalars... I suppose it would
> work, but it's not terribly good Perl. How about
>
> /karl\@aol\.com|paul\@hotmail\.com/
>
> ?

Yeah, but since the email addresses are plain strings, it would
probably be even better Perl to make use of the index() function
instead of a regular expression.

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