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I have a "search text" which i need to search in file. If that text is found in urls then variable j should be incremented and if its found somewhere else then variable k should be incremented.

i tried
if ($filecontent =~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " if " ;
$ j ++ ;
}
if ($filecontent !~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " else ";
$k ++ ;
}

but its printing both if and else and incrementing both j and k..

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Adam Stoller

I have a "search text" which i need to search in file. If that text is found in urls then variable j should be incremented and if its found somewhere else then variable k should be incremented.

i tried
if ($filecontent =~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " if " ;
$ j ++ ;
}
if ($filecontent !~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " else ";
$k ++ ;
}

but its printing both if and else and incrementing both j and k..

There's not enough context to help resolve the issue.

a legitimate example of the value of $filecontent (one which you've tested and for which the code does not work the way you think it should) - then it will be easier to provide assistance.

Enthu

There's not enough context to help resolve the issue.

What is $filecontent?

Is it a complete file stored within a scalar?
Is it one line of content being examined within a loop of all lines of content?
Is it a snippet of text that only contains a hyperlink statement?

Are you assured that the complete hyperlink statement appears within a single line of text?

It's possible to have it broken across multiple lines which your code does not take into consideration

If you can provide the context of the code you posted and a legitimate example of the value of $filecontent (one which you've tested and for which the code does not work the way you think it should) - then it will be easier to provide assistance.

Thanks ghoti for quick reply. $filecontent is single line and i am not sure whether hyperlink statement is in sinle line or multiple. I tried

if ($filecontent =~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gsxi)

but it also didn't work.

## opening file and storing data in @contents and rest of the code is like

foreach $filecontent(@contents) {
if ($filecontent =~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " if " ;
$ j ++ ;
}
if ($filecontent !~ m|<\s*a\s+[^>]*href\s*=\s*[\"'](.*?)$search_text(.*?)[\"'>]|gi)
{
print " else ";
$k ++ ;
}
}

Adam Stoller

go back to your original code and remove the g modifier.