[OT]Re: RegEx Hell

[Tom Schindl <to...@gmx.at>]

on the other hand:

-----------------8<-----------------
my $bla = "/dir/subdir/file.ext";

$bla =~ /(\w+\.\w+)$/;
print $1 . "\n"; # file.ext
-----------------8<-----------------

works perfectly


Mark Galbreath wrote:
> Close enough to perl, I hope...
>  
> I'm trying to string the filename from the path:
>  
>    /dir/subdir/file.ext => file.ext
>  
> with
>  
>   /\w+\.\w+$/
>  
> and am getting the entire path returned.  I am falling asleep reading
> the perldoc regex "intro," "tutorial," full doc, and even Jeffrey
> Friedl's "Mastering Regular Expressions."  This can't be this difficult
> nor unusual!  Why can't I find an example somewhere or get this to
> work?  Better yet, somebody please profer a solution?  :-)
>  
> mark

Re: [OT]Re: RegEx Hell

[John ORourke <jo...@o-rourke.org>]

or $bla=~/([^\/]+)$/; in case the filenames have non-alpha chars or more 
dots...

Tom Schindl wrote:

>on the other hand:
>
>my $bla = "/dir/subdir/file.ext";
>
>$bla =~ /(\w+\.\w+)$/;
>print $1 . "\n"; # file.ext
>
>works perfectly
>  
>