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I want a single regex that grabs all the number characters between the spaces

Extreme regexing? I cannot resist such a question. This ought to do it:

@nums = $x =~ /(?:^\S*\s+|\G)[^\s\d]*(\d+)/g;

However, if it does not absolutely have to be a single regex, I suspect the maintainer will prefer one of ikegami's solutions. :-)

Update: I've been out-extremed! Not perhaps by the first of ikegami's latter solutions, which after all is straight-forward, and probably as maintainable as mine, but certainly by the second. It took me three attempts just to read it: My eyes glazed over twice!

... what's with the local *nums; though? Yet another update: Ah. Considerate of you. :-)

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In reply to Re: regex for multiple capture within boundary by Sidhekin
in thread regex for multiple capture within boundary by xafwodahs

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