another regexp problem

[eiSi]

hi there!

I started to concern myself with regexp now, and I already have a problem:

the string ($text):

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<a href=/item.html?witem=647>Destiny</a>

my code:

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regexp {\.html\?witem=([0-9]*?)\>} $text result

I know there's anything wrong with it, but I don't know what.

the match I get is: .html?witem=647>
but I want to get: 647

thanks for any help!

regards,
eiSi

[avilon]

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scan $text "<a href=/item.html?witem=%d>*</a>" digit

647 is stored in $digit.

[eiSi]

ah thanks a lot!

but I'm interested, what was wrong with my regexp?

[greenbear]

There's nothing wrong with your regexp, you just missed the 2nd var at the end.
Regexp writes the entire matching pattern to the first var.

So this should work:

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regexp {\.html\?witem=([0-9]*?)\>} $text garbage result

You dont have to make it this complex, though. You could probably have gotten away with doing something like this:

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regexp {witem=(.*?)>} $text . digit

[eiSi]

ah alright, thanks for your help!