Regex

Instead of (.*)
try (.+?)

Also maybe use "m" before the first / so the regexp knows you are trying to match one "somthing" three "somthing" five, etc

if($data=~ m/one (.+?) three (.+?) five/)
{
print "$1 and $2\n";
}

Try that.

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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

[This message has been edited by robp (edited 03 December 1999).]

thats close, it prints the first letter but i need the whole word.

Hmm, thats wierd that it only gets the first letter.

if
$data="one two three four";
than using
if($data=~ m/one(.+?)three(.+?)five/)
{
print "$1 and $2\n";
}
should print

"two and four"

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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

the exact thing i'm trying to match is

The province of XXX (XX:XX) as of April 17, YR4

it's a program for an online game i'm trying to make.

I need $1 to be XXX (XX:XX) and $2 to be April 17, YR4

maybe that will help a little bit.

what does the $data contain?
$data="XXX (XX:XX)April 17, YR4";?

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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

It says

The province of Name(11:11) as of April 14, YR4.

ok, this will work
$data="The province of Name(11:11) as of April 14, YR4.";

while ($data =~ m/The province of (.+) as of (.+)./sogi)
{
print "$1 and $2";
}

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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

that works great, thanks a lot.

Just a small correction:

while ($data =~ m/The province of (.+) as of (.+)\./sogi)

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