hello,

having brain freeze. let's say i have a string like this:

$this = "1234>ADS<5678##@@6787";

i want to pull out every instance of 4 digits in a row and store them somehow (array, whatever);

i must be overlooking something obvious, cause i keep trying stuff like this with no luck.

if ($this =~ m|(\d{4})|g) {
push(@ok, $1);
}

thanks paul....for a follow up, let's say i have a string with random data in it, however patterns exist within that string that i want to pull out... like

$string = 'DDDDDEEEE9876<whatever_else>)DDEEECCC9866<whatever>)<other stuff>';

now, what i want is to pull out all instances of 4 digits followed by anything to the first instance of ')' like

@arr = qw /

9876<whatever_else>)

9866<whatever>)

/;

thanks again!

Ivan
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Saves using a non-greedy look-ahead.

Meaning it is:

1. faster
2. uses less memory
3. anything else

?

Ivan
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It is just generally better because it was written by me.

Ivan
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s/know/have/;

I can correct your grammer if nothing else