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# 1  
Old 11-13-2014
Supress text
Hi,

I was looking for a simple code to suppress the text between 2 characters. the characters can be of same kind like "*" or "(" and ")". The number of characters are not consistent and could vary.

How can I suppress the text between 2 characters?

Code:
 Example:
Input : Hello (Within Bracket) Outside bracket ( within bracket)
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed
          Hello ****WORLD** 
          Hello *WORLD* 
          Hello "World"
Output: Hello Outside bracket 
           Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello

# 2  
Old 11-13-2014
Code:
perl -wlpe 's/([("].*?[)"]|\*.*\*)//g'

That would get you as far as:

Code:
Output: Hello  Outside bracket 
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed
          Hello  
          Hello  
          Hello

The red does agree with what you said, but does not with what you posted as an example of output.

It is not fool proof neither
Last edited by Aia; 11-13-2014 at 03:41 AM.. Reason: It is not fool proof
# 3  
Old 11-13-2014
I got the error message
Code:
Quantifier follows nothing in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/([("].*?[)"]|* <-- HERE .**)/ at -e

# 4  
Old 11-13-2014
Code:
perl -wlpe 's/([("].*?[)"]|\*.*\*)//g' filename

Make sure you copy the line as given, do not remove the escape `\'
# 5  
Old 11-13-2014
I did. Perhaps even tried to introduce the escape back slashes before the open and close bracket. However, neither of them worked.
# 6  
Old 11-13-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by ahmedwaseem2000
Hi,

I was looking for a simple code to suppress the text between 2 characters. the characters can be of same kind like "*" or "(" and ")". The number of characters are not consistent and could vary.

How can I suppress the text between 2 characters?

Code:
 Example:
Input : Hello (Within Bracket) Outside bracket ( within bracket)
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed
          Hello ****WORLD** 
          Hello *WORLD* 
          Hello "World"
Output: Hello Outside bracket 
           Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello 
          Hello

Your stated goals and your sample input and output do not match:
Why is:
Code:
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed

changed at all? There is no closing ")" to match the opening "(".

Why isn't:
Code:
          Hello ****WORLD**

changed to:
Code:
          Hello WORLD

The 1st and 2nd asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, the 3rd and 4th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, and the 5th and 6th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed; but not the "WORLD".
# 7  
Old 11-14-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
Your stated goals and your sample input and output do not match:
Why is:
Code:
          Hello (Open Bracket without closed

changed at all? There is no closing ")" to match the opening "(".

Why isn't:
Code:
          Hello ****WORLD**

changed to:
Code:
          Hello WORLD

The 1st and 2nd asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, the 3rd and 4th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed, and the 5th and 6th asterisks (and the empty string between them) should be removed; but not the "WORLD".
True - The number of opening characters are not matching the closing characters. This is not consistent across all records and not all records have this issue. I couldn't think of a pattern or otherwise a simple piece of code to handle this. Hence, I was trying to pick up others brains in achieving this.

Do provide your thoughts and ideas to achieve this.
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