On Nov 21, 2007 6:47 PM, Sayed, Irfan (Irfan) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have one variable which has the value as follows
>
> "ccvob01 pts/2 Nov 21 12:17 (135.27.157.38 logged in ....."
>
> Now I want only "ccvob01" from that string so I wrote reg.exp. as
> follows
try this:
my $usr = "ccvob01 pts/2 Nov 21 12:17 (135.27.157.38 logged
in .....";
my ($usr1) = $usr =~ m{(.+?)\s+};
or
my $usr1 = (split/\s+/,$usr)[0];
>
> my ($usr1)=($usr =~ m{(.+)\S$}); where $usr contains above string.
>
why do you think this can work? you may take another read at `perldoc
perlre` and see what does the \S and $ mean.
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