regex :-(

All,

Interesting regex question, I know I should be an expert, but I am not there yet.

say I have a string with

$string = My "name" is "Fred" and I "know" something

Is there a way to replace the first quote with something and the second quote with something, and repeat.

So for instance, the string above could become

$string = My <name> is <Fred> and I <know> something

I am just confused as to how you could count in the string a match everything.

Any thoughts would be awesome.

Thanks.

Lucas Cochrane
lcochrane@dc.com

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Migrateduser

This might work...might not...just off the top of my head:

s/ "/ </g

s/" /> /g

Dave Smith
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Migrateduser

I'm sure there is a regex but it might not be as clear as a loop down the road (something like the attached).

Adam Stoller

How about:

$string =~ s|"([^"]+)"|<$1>|g;

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)