regexp

[Happi]

This is perhaps not an answer to your question, but it looks to me like you
don't really need a regexp for your match.
If all your expressions are as easy as in your example you could use
string:tokens/2

1> String =  "\\000\\005\\abc".
"\\000\\005\\abc"
2> string:tokens(String,"\\").
["000","005","abc"]


In Erlang I most often find it easier to write a recursive function that
parses the string than to try to come up with the right regular expression.

/Erik
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tanja Godau" <eedtag@REDACTED>
> Hi,
>
> I've been using the regexp module to match various strings and parts of
strings.
> I would like to know how can I extract one or more variables from my
match.
>
> For example:
>
>  I receive a string "\000\005\abc"
>
>  I identify the string due to the leading three zeros, but I need to
extract
>  the number "5" and the letters "abc" from the string.
>
>  I've used regexp's with Perl and there I would bracket the parts I need
and be
>  able to use them later as the variables $1, $2, etc.  I'd like to know
how to
>  do the same thing with Erlang.
>
>  Something like this:
>
>  String =  "\000\005\abc",
>  case regexp:match(String, "\\000.*\\00(.*)\\00(.*)") of
>     {match,S,L} ->
> io:format("Number: ~p~n",[$1]),  % this prints "Number: 5"
> io:format("Text: ~p~n",[$2]);  % this prints "Text: abc"
>      nomatch ->
>            ...
>
> Question: How can I match a string and extract the variables I need in
Erlang?
>
> Thankyou
> Tanja Godau
>
>