#!/usr/local/bin/perl # use strict; use warnings; our @tryThese = ( "a 10\nb a2 s2\nc 30", "a 10\nb\nc 30", "a 10\nb \nc 30", "a 10\nb a2 s2 \nc 30"); our $c; our $rxAfterB = qr{(?m)^b[\x20\x09]*([^\n]*)};