Kelicula 176
Recognized Expert New Member
Hello all. I have a problem which seems to make no sense to me.
Therefore I must be doing something wrong.
I am trying to populate an array using split with a regexe.
Here is the code (snippet only). -
my $date = $q->param('date'); # 20090112 format
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@dateArray = split(/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/, $date);
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After this I loop through the array using print and all the values show up.
BUT if I try to access a particular indice nothing shows up. ???
example: -
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# After above code
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for(@dateArray){
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print $_, "\n";
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}
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# This works printing 2009 \n 01 \n 12 \n
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# BUT....
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print $dateArray[0]; # OR...
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print "$dateArray[0]";
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# Prints nothing to the screen.
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What am I doing wrong?
I really need the three individual values, NOT the whole array.
Is there a better what to accomplish this without split?
I just need to pass a number, and be able to use the parts separately.
thanks in advance!
5 3015 KevinADC 4,059
Recognized Expert Specialist
Try this: - for my $i (0..$#dateArray) {
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print "index $i = <$dateArray[$i]>\n";
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}
See what gets printed. The <> brackets are so you can see if there are empty elements in the array. Keep in mind you have used capturing parentheses in the regexp so the split delimiter is also being saved in the array.
Kelicula 176
Recognized Expert New Member
Very interesting.
Here is the results from your code KevinADC. -
index 0 = <>
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index 1 = <2009>
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index 2 = <01>
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index 3 = <12>
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My only guess is the capturing vars, $1, $2, etc..were used as indices?
Thanks!
PS- I almost didn't notice your new avatar. Nice.
KevinADC 4,059
Recognized Expert Specialist
No, the capturing vars are not used as the array indexes. I think the problem is you are using split() when you should not be. Just use a matching regexp: -
@dateArray = $date =~ m/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;
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if there is more than one set of dates to capture add the "g" modifier to the end of the regexp,
Kelicula 176
Recognized Expert New Member
Ah ha! That's it.
That works just as I expect it to.
In fact that is exactly what I was trying to do, I had seen it before in a book and remembered it incorrectly.
Thanks.
KevinADC 4,059
Recognized Expert Specialist
You're welcome, good to see you around here.
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