SPUG: Self referecing URL
jeff saenz
jeff at planetoid.net
Fri Sep 22 21:31:03 CDT 2000
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.
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Jeff Saenz
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jeff at planetoid.net
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