SPUG: Self referecing URL

[jeff saenz]

what about trying :

$item_text =~ s/(NUM\d+)\s/<A HREF=get_page.pl?cat_num=\1>\1<\/A>/g;

you must esc the closing /a tag, try using \d+ inside the params and move the
\s outside the params, unless you want the space in \1.

HEY, anyone looking for an off-site perl developer/consultant.

marlin wrote:

> I need to detect a catalog number in a text line and reference it to
> another page as a link.
>
> The text is $item_text. I want to swap the number (NUM + some digits)
> with itself as a <A HREF> tag.
>
> I tried...
>
> $item_text =~ s/(NUM.*\s)/<A HREF=get_page.pl?cat_num=\1>\1</A>/g;
> which sort of works except that the closing > after the \1 is ignored,
> that is the tag never closes and the entire line is linked.
>
> I'm missing something.

--
Jeff Saenz
http://www.planetoid.net
jeff at planetoid.net



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