Re: [MacPerl-AnyPerl] verifing a string

on 7/31/02 3:03 PM, [email protected] purportedly said:

>> $srting =~ s/<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="(.+)".*?>/$1/igs
>> 
> This script line isn't working when the $srting contains
> 
>>> if the string contans for example this:
>>> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="
>>> test, good">
> 
> after CONTENT=" is a new line, and the script will not see the keywords.
> I have tryed to put .*? somware else but whit no result.
> 
> Any other sugestions will be very welkom.
> 
> 
> But thanks anyway
> 

Because you weren't using the /s option, which, among other things, permits
'.' to match newlines. RTFM.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"