Regex not working 1

[netman4u]

Hello all,

For all you regex gurus out there. I have the following text file:

send packet rate   : 1.17               send bit rate      : 1396.57           
recv packet rate   : 1.85               recv bit rate      : 3204.79

I need to get "send packet rate" as $1 and the number after the ":" as $2. as in:

$1 = send packet rate
$2 = 1.17

I do not need the send bit rate or received bit rate.

Tried many iterations. Here is where I am and it seems it should work:

	/^(.*?)\:([0-9]*\.[0-9]*)/;
	$hash{$1} = $2;

Any help is appriciated.

Nick

If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving.

 

[TonyGroves]

You have some whitespace before and after the colon, so how about:
[tt]
/^(.*?)\s*:\s*([0-9]*\.[0-9]*)/
[/tt]

 

[netman4u]

Thanks TonyGroves that did it! I was so close yet so far! .

If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving.