pattern matching problem

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4 total messages Started by Michael Lepine Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:34

#1129

Author: Michael Lepine
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:34

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I am using the following code to limit an archive web site so that it
only contains the ten most recent feature entries.

 while($_ = <IN>) {
   if ($entry_area_flag) {
        /^.*<li>.*?/i && do {  # count list items in archive
                                $archive_entries++;
                                if ($archive_entries >= 10) {
                                        next; # if 10 list items, don't
print
                                }
                         }
        /^.*</ul>.*?/i && do {  # end of archive list entries
                                undef $entry_area_flag;
                                print "Entries: $archive_entries\n" if
$DEBUG;
                          }
   }
    print FILE $_;
    /^.*NEW_ARCHIVE_ENTRIES.*/ && do {
                                     print FILE $New_Entry;
                                     $archive_entries++;
                                     $entry_area_flag = 1;
                                  }
 }

For some reason I get a syntax error with the second pattern matching
sequence in the code ( /^.*</ul>.*?/ ). No matter what I replace the
search pattern with, I get an error. Can someone please help me figure
out a way around this?

Mike

Re: pattern matching problem

#1130

Author: Tomasz Sulej
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:26

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Michael Lepine <mlepine@bellsouth.net> wrote:
[...]
> For some reason I get a syntax error with the second pattern matching
> sequence in the code ( /^.*</ul>.*?/ ). No matter what I replace the
			three slashes

> search pattern with, I get an error. Can someone please help me figure
> out a way around this?

> Mike

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Re: pattern matching problem

#1131

Author: rafal wiosna
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:33

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* Michael Lepine <mlepine@bellsouth.net> wrote:

 >         /^.*</ul>.*?/i && do {  # end of archive list entries

	<\/ul>


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Re: pattern matching problem

#1132

Author: Marek Matula
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:50

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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:34:36 GMT, Michael Lepine
<mlepine@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>
>For some reason I get a syntax error with the second pattern matching
>sequence in the code ( /^.*</ul>.*?/ ). No matter what I replace the
>search pattern with, I get an error. Can someone please help me figure
>out a way around this?
>
Guess, you should precede the slash with the backslash. Try this:
 /^.*<\/ul>.*?/

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