Regular expression - Matching return characters

[rahatekarabhijeet]

I want regular expression which can extract the data between two symbols,
e.g:
<*skdjflsk (new line character)
lksdjfklasjdfl (new line character)
ksjdfkhasdkf (new line character)
asdfjkhasdjk skfhsa (new line character)
sdkfjklsd
*>

The no of lines may not be fix, those may vary. But the whole string will
be in included in (<*text*>).

[miller]

The only challenge to this problem is being familiar with the regular expression modifiers documented here:

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html

You simply want to add the /s modifier so that . will match return characters as well. Then it's a simple grouping like you've already done.

my $string = qq{foo<*skdjfl\nlksd\nasdkf\nk skfhsa\nlsd\n*>bar};
my ($match) = $string =~ m/(<\*.*?\*>)/s;
 

- Miller

[rahatekarabhijeet]

I tried the given regular expression but i am not getting the required o/p
i give my complete string below,

<*COMMAND1*> <*PASS/FAIL*> <*OUTPUT of COMMAND*>
<*COMMAND2*> <*PASS/FAIL*> <*OUTPUT of COMMAND*>
.
.
.
______________________ END ________________________________


I want COMMAND part in $1 ,
PASS/FAIL in $2 ,
and
OUTPUT of COMMAND $3
my control expression i given below,
until ($resultarr[$loopcntl] =~/END/i ) {
if($resultarr[$loopcntl] =~ /\<\*(.*)\*\>\s*\<\*(.*)\*\>\s* \<\*(.*)\*\>/) {
store the $1 $2 $3 in hash
}

i am getting command part in $1 , PASS/FAIL in $2 and OUTPUT of COMMAND $3 but only when all these three things present in one line,
if the OUTPUT of COMMAND goes to next line it not able to collect the string
in $3.

I hope that this explanation will be sufficient to get read of problem.....

[KevinADC]

where is the 's' modifier Miller mentions in his post?

[rahatekarabhijeet]

I check 's' option at the end of regular expression for if condition,
until ($resultarr[$loopcntl] =~/END/i ) {
if($resultarr[$loopcntl] =~ /\<\*(.*)\*\>\s*\<\*(.*)\*\>\s* \<\*(.*)\*\>/s) {
store the $1 $2 $3 in hash
}

[rahatekarabhijeet]

Due to your help i can able to solve this problem,


Thanks for your help......

[miller]

Your welcome. Glad we could help.

- Miller