Ross S. W. Walker > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > roland hellström wrote: > > > > > > OK! I finally figured out the solution for all you people out > > > the eager to hear it!!! > > > it was infact very very similar to the last line I sent... > > this is it > > > sed 's/\([^\.]*\).\([^,]*\),\([^\.]*\).\([^e]*\)e\(.*\)/\1,\2 > > > \& $\3,\4 \\cdot 10^{\5}$\\\\/' > > > > > > omg I feel so h4xx0r figuring that out myself lol > > > Thx for the help all :) > > > > I am surprised you got it all in 1 regex, I was aiming more for: > > > > sed 's/,/ & /;s/\./,/;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}/' > > whoops, I made a mistake: > > sed 's/,/ \& /;s/\./,/g;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}\$\\\\/' > > You need the 'g' option in the second substitute to perform a > global, and of course the proper cdot expression. Ok, not to toot my own horn, but it turns out that doing 3 simple regexs is actually quicker then 1 complex regex, though with today's processors you need to run it over a large set to see: # wc -l test 20691 test # time sed 's/\([^\.]*\).\([^,]*\),\([^\.]*\).\([^e]*\)e\(.*\)/\1,\2 \& $\3,\4 \\cdot 10^{\5}$\\\\/' test >/dev/null real 0m0.175s user 0m0.174s sys 0m0.000s # time sed 's/,/ \& \$/;s/\./,/g;s/\(.*\)e\(.*\)/\1 \\cdot 10^{\2}\$\\\\/' test >/dev/null real 0m0.141s user 0m0.139s sys 0m0.001s So not only is it simpler to divide and conqueror a problem, but often it produces the best results... -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos