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Hello,

I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
occurrences of the phrase:

(turkey shoot){2}

It does't match anything.

How do I structure this properly?

Thanks.

(Ray) wrote:
> I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
> of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
> occurrences of the phrase:
>
> (turkey shoot){2}
>
> It does't match anything.

It does. It matches, among other things, "turkey shootturkey shoot".

> How do I structure this properly?

/^.*?turkey shoot.*?(turkey shoot)/

Ben

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"Ray" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
> of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
> occurrences of the phrase:
>
> (turkey shoot){2}
>
> It does't match anything.
>
> How do I structure this properly?

it depends really on what you want to do with it
are you talking about /turkey shoot.*(turkey shoot)/ ?

or maybe you want to read perldoc perlre
in particular the bit about zero-width positive look-behind assertions.
something like / (?<=turkey shoot).*(turkey shoot)/

gnari

"gnari" <> wrote in message
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> "Ray" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
> > of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
> > occurrences of the phrase:
> >
> > (turkey shoot){2}
> >
> > It does't match anything.
> >
> > How do I structure this properly?
>
> it depends really on what you want to do with it
> are you talking about /turkey shoot.*(turkey shoot)/ ?
/turkey shoot.*?(turkey shoot)/ of course

>
> or maybe you want to read perldoc perlre
> in particular the bit about zero-width positive look-behind assertions.
> something like / (?<=turkey shoot).*(turkey shoot)/

ditto here: / (?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)/

gnari

"gnari" <> wrote:
> "gnari" <> wrote in message
> >
> > or maybe you want to read perldoc perlre
> > in particular the bit about zero-width positive look-behind assertions.
> > something like / (?<=turkey shoot).*(turkey shoot)/
>
> ditto here: / (?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)/

Except that what you actually mean is

/ (?<= turkey\ shoot .*? ) turkey\ shoot /x

which unfortunately doesn't work, so some other method must be
employed.

Ben

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"Ben Morrow" <> wrote in message
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>
> "gnari" <> wrote:
> > "gnari" <> wrote in message
> > >
> > > or maybe you want to read perldoc perlre
> > > in particular the bit about zero-width positive look-behind
assertions.
> > > something like / (?<=turkey shoot).*(turkey shoot)/
> >
> > ditto here: / (?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)/
>
> Except that what you actually mean is
>
> / (?<= turkey\ shoot .*? ) turkey\ shoot /x

Exept that I actually do not mean this

>
> which unfortunately doesn't work, so some other method must be
> employed.
which is why I did not suggest it

the OP wanted to capture the second occurence
$_='turkey shoot1lkajslkjalsturkey shoot2sdsdfsdturkey shoot3khkj';
print "[$1:$2]\n" if /(?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)(\d)/;
prints
[turkey shoot:2]

so what is the problem ?


gnari

"gnari" <> wrote:
> "Ben Morrow" <> wrote in message
> news:c20fqs$frg$...
> > "gnari" <> wrote:
> > >
> > > ditto here: / (?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)/
> >
> > Except that what you actually mean is
> >
> > / (?<= turkey\ shoot .*? ) turkey\ shoot /x
>
> Exept that I actually do not mean this
>
> > which unfortunately doesn't work, so some other method must be
> > employed.
> which is why I did not suggest it
>
> the OP wanted to capture the second occurence

The OP wanted to *match* the second occurence.

> $_='turkey shoot1lkajslkjalsturkey shoot2sdsdfsdturkey shoot3khkj';
> print "[$1:$2]\n" if /(?<=turkey shoot).*?(turkey shoot)(\d)/;
> prints
> [turkey shoot:2]
>
> so what is the problem ?

What's the point in using (?<=) then?

perl -le'$,="|"; print "turkey shoot1 turkey shoot2 turkey shoot3"
=~ /turkey\ shoot.*?(turkey\ shoot)(\d)/'
turkey shoot|2

I was assuming the reason for using (?<=) was so that the pattern could
be used as s/(?<= turkey\ shoot .*? ) turkey\ shoot/foo/x to replace the
second occurence. Using /(?<=turkey\ shoot).*? turkey\ shoot/x will
replace more than desired.

Ben

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(Ray) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
> of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
> occurrences of the phrase:

What do you mean by "get"? Since all occurences of the string
"turkey shoot" are indistinguishable, why do you care (and how would you
know) which one you get?

Xho

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Ray wrote:

>I'm trying the following to get the 2nd, and only the 2nd occurrence
>of the phrase "turkey shoot", in a string with a lot more than 2
>occurrences of the phrase:
>
>(turkey shoot){2}
>
>It does't match anything.

I hope matching first till second appearance is OK.

/(turkey shoot).*?\1/

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Bart.