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hi!
i've got the following string:
"testfoobarhallo"

how do i get the foobar to a $string ?

best regards
ItsMe
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ItsMe,

use a regular expression if your working on a string or a grep/map if your working on an array:

if ($value =~ m/($string)/)
{
     print "match:$1\n";
}

thats the general idea.

regards
peewee
ItsMe,

here's another nice example

$time = localtime();
print "time:$time\n\n";
($hours, $minutes, $second) = ($time =~ /(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)/);
print "hours:$hours\n";
print "minutes:$minutes\n";
print "second:$second\n";

regards
peewee
ItsMe.

or finally:

my $value = 'testfoobarhallo';
print "$value\n";

($before, $extract, $after) = ($value =~ /(.*)(foobar)(.*)/);
print "before:$before\n";
print "extract:$extract\n";
print "after:$after\n";


that should do it!

regards
Peewee
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hi peewee,
the foobar is an changing/variable text. only the test and hallo do not change. i want everything between "hallo" and "test".

best regards
ItsMe
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