You might want to place a "^" at the start of the search criteria otherwise it just searches the whole string for the number 13.
So to search for number starting with 13 try this
For a programming exercise, I am mean to design a Perl script that detects double letters in a text file.
I tried the following expressions
# Check for any double letter within the alphabet
/+/
# Check for any repetition of an alphanumeric character
/\w+/
Im aware that the... (8 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone help me to find regular expression for the following in Perl?
"The string can only contain lower case letters (a-z) and no more than one of any letter."
For example: "table" is accepted, whether "dude" is not.
I have coded like this:
$str = "table";
if ($str =~ m/\b()\b/) {... (4 Replies)
I am having trouble parsing rpm filenames in a shell script.. I found a snippet of perl code that will perform the task but I really don't have time to rewrite the entire script in perl. I cannot for the life of me convert this code into something sed-friendly:
if ($rpm =~ /(*)-(*)-(*)\.(.*)/)... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I get the following when I cat a file *.log
xxxxx
=====
dasdas gwdgsg fdsagfsag agsdfag
=====
random data
=====
My output should look like :
If the random data after the 2nd ==== is null then OK should be printed else
the random data should be printed.
How do I go about this... (5 Replies)
HI,
I'm new to perl and need simple regex for reading a file using my perl script.
The text file reads as -
filename=/pot/uio/current/myremificates.txt
certificates=/pot/uio/current/userdir/conf/user/gamma/settings/security/... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys
I have the following regex
$OSRELEASE = $1 if ($output =~ /(Mac OS X (Server )?10.\d)/);
output is currently
Mac OS X 10.7.5
when the introduction of Mac 10.8 output changes to
OS X 10.8.2
they have dropped the Mac bit so i changed the regex to be (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm trying to get a quick help on regex since i'm not a regular programmer.
Below is the line i'm trying to apply my regex to..i want to use the regex in a for loop and this line will keep on changing.
subject=... (4 Replies)
Could anyone please make me understand how the ?= works below ..
After executing this I am getting the same output.
$string="I love chocolate.";
$string =~ s/chocolate(?= ice)/vanilla/;
print "$string\n"; (2 Replies)
I am not a big expert in regex and have just little understanding of that language.
Could you help me to understand the regular Perl expression:
^(?!if\b|else\b|while\b|)(?:+?\s+){1,6}(+\s*)\(*\) *?(?:^*;?+){0,10}\{
------
This is regex to select functions from a C/C++ source and defined in... (2 Replies)
Experts -
I found a script on one of the servers that I work on and I need help understanding
one of the lines.
I know what the script does, but I'm having a hard time understanding the grouping.
Can someone help me with this?
Here's the script...
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: timj123
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xmtextfindstringwcs
XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)NAME
XmTextFindStringWcs - A Text function that finds the beginning position of a wide character text string
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Text.h>
Boolean XmTextFindStringWcs (widget, start, wcstring, direction, position)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition start;
wchar_t *wcstring;
XmTextDirection direction;
XmTextPosition *position;
DESCRIPTION
XmTextFindStringWcs locates the beginning position of a specified wide character text string. This routine searches forward or backward
for the first occurrence of the string, starting from the given start position. If a match is found, the function returns the position of
the first character of the string in position. Specifies the Text widget ID. Specifies the character position from which the search pro-
ceeds. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the
wide character search string. Indicates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of the text. The possible values
are: The search proceeds toward the end of the buffer. The search proceeds toward the beginning of the buffer. Specifies the pointer in
which the first character position of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buf-
fer. The first character position is 0. If the function returns False, this value is undefined.
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X).
RETURN VALUE
Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.
SEE ALSO XmText(3X), XmTextFindString(3X)XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)