match text followed by number
 

I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
end

Migration reject cause 4

and I tried this

if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
{
print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
}

$1 matched the whole line including the number

if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)

failed to match. Is there a way to get something to match the text
and the number seperatly?

--
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Re: match text followed by number
 

nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> end
>
> Migration reject cause 4
>
> and I tried this
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)

if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)

* matches zero ocurrences (or more)
+ requires at least one ocurrence.


> {
> print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
> }
>
> $1 matched the whole line including the number
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>
> failed to match. Is there a way to get something to match the text
> and the number seperatly?
>


--
RGB

Re: match text followed by number
 

On 14 Jan, 12:17, RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBr...@spamweary.invalid>
wrote:
> nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> > end
>
> > Migration reject cause 4
>
> > and I tried this
>
> > if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
>
> * *if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>
> * matches zero ocurrences (or more)
> + requires at least one ocurrence.
>
> > {
> > * * *print "\$1 is $1 *\$2 is $2\n";
> > }
>
> > $1 matched the whole line including the number
>
> > if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>
> > failed to match. Is there a way to get something to match the text
> > and the number seperatly?

and so...

Re: match text followed by number
 

nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> end
>
> Migration reject cause 4


Are you absolutely sure that that is what is contained in $_?

Did you print it out, along with some delimiters to make sure?

I expect your problem is related to the string being matched against
rather than to the pattern being used...


> and I tried this
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
> {
> print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
> }
>
> $1 matched the whole line including the number


Not when I tried it:

-----------------
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

$_ = 'Migration reject cause 4';
if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
{
print "\$1 is '$1' \$2 is '$2'\n";
}
-----------------

$1 is 'Migration reject cause' $2 is '4'

if
$_ = "Migration reject cause 4 \n";
then I get the results you get...



Note that your pattern will also match with

$_ = ' ';
or
$_ = ' 99';

m/(.+) (\d+)$/ is probably better.


> Is there a way to get something to match the text
> and the number seperatly?


Yes, and you already have that way.


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Re: match text followed by number
 

nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:
> I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> end
>
> Migration reject cause 4
>
> and I tried this
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
> {
> print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
> }
>
> $1 matched the whole line including the number
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>
> failed to match. Is there a way to get something to match the text
> and the number seperatly?

Since the first pattern matched, you probably have a blank at the end of
the line: the "(.*)" greedily matches the entire line apart from the
trailing blank, which is matched by the blank and the (\d*) matches the
zero-length digit string at the end of the line.
The second pattern doesn't match, as the non-zero-length digit-string is
not at the end of the line.

Change the pattern to
/(.*) (\d+)\s*$/

HTH,

Josef
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Re: match text followed by number
 

On 14 Jan, 12:52, Tad J McClellan <ta...@seesig.invalid> wrote:
> nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com <nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com> wrote:

thanks for addressing my problem!


> > I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> > end
>
> > Migration reject cause 4
>
> Are you absolutely sure that that is what is contained in $_?
>
> Did you print it out, along with some delimiters to make sure?

"Migration reject cause 4
"

there's a trailing \n, there appear to be no other trailing characters


> I expect your problem is related to the string being matched against
> rather than to the pattern being used...
>
> > and I tried this
>
> > if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
> > {
> > print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
> > }
>
> > $1 matched the whole line including the number
>
> Not when I tried it:
>
> -----------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use warnings;
> use strict;
>
> $_ = 'Migration reject cause 4';
> if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
> {
> print "\$1 is '$1' \$2 is '$2'\n";}
>
> -----------------
>
> $1 is 'Migration reject cause' $2 is '4'
>
> if
> $_ = "Migration reject cause 4 \n";
> then I get the results you get...
>
> Note that your pattern will also match with
>
> $_ = ' ';
> or
> $_ = ' 99';
>
> m/(.+) (\d+)$/ is probably better.
>
> > Is there a way to get something to match the text
> > and the number seperatly?
>
> Yes, and you already have that way.

thanks the trailing \n was messing it up. Josef Moellers
pattern fixed my problem.

Re: match text followed by number
 

nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 Jan, 12:52, Tad J McClellan <ta...@seesig.invalid> wrote:
>> nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com <nick_keighley_nos...@hotmail.com> wrote:


>> > Migration reject cause 4
>>
>> Are you absolutely sure that that is what is contained in $_?
>>
>> Did you print it out, along with some delimiters to make sure?
>
> "Migration reject cause 4
> "
>
> there's a trailing \n, there appear to be no other trailing characters


Then Josef's change will not fix the problem.

So we still do not know how you ended up matching what you said you matched...


>> I expect your problem is related to the string being matched against
>> rather than to the pattern being used...


I still suspect this.


> thanks the trailing \n was messing it up.


No it wasn't.

$_ = "Migration reject cause 4\n";

still correctly matches the 2 different parts.


> Josef Moellers
> pattern fixed my problem.


His pattern is definitely better, but it is not possible that
it fixed your problem, as a trailing newline should have matched
with your original pattern.

If you had a trailing _space_ (before the newline), then his pattern
would fix it, so I'm guessing you had a space then but not now...


--
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email: perl -le "print scalar reverse qq/moc.noitatibaher\100cmdat/"

Re: match text followed by number
 

nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:

> I'm trying to match lines that consist of text with a number at the
> end
>
> Migration reject cause 4
>
> and I tried this
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d*)$/)
> {
> print "\$1 is $1 \$2 is $2\n";
> }
>
> $1 matched the whole line including the number
>
> if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>
> failed to match. Is there a way to get something to match the text
> and the number seperatly?
>
> --
> Nick keighley

Use non greedy matching with a wild card. (.*?) (\d+)$ Are you sure
the end of the string is a digit, and it's preceded by a white space?
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Re: match text followed by number
 

Tim Greer <tim@burlyhost.com> wrote:
> nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:

>> if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>>
>> failed to match.

> Use non greedy matching with a wild card. (.*?) (\d+)$


Than cannot possibly have any effect.

Greediness does not matter here because this pattern is anchored.


--
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Re: match text followed by number
 

Tad J McClellan wrote:

> Tim Greer <tim@burlyhost.com> wrote:
>> nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>> if (m/(.*) (\d+)$/)
>>>
>>> failed to match.
>
>> Use non greedy matching with a wild card. (.*?) (\d+)$
>
>
> Than cannot possibly have any effect.
>
> Greediness does not matter here because this pattern is anchored.
>
>

I had meant in regard to the second example, actually (which used .*
\d*, and just wasn't paying attention earlier when I posted.
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