- or download this
$ perl -E '
my $re = qr{(\w+)(\s*\d+\s*)*};
...
'
a 1 2 3 : a 3
b 4 5 6: b 6
- or download this
$ perl -E '
my $re = qr{(\w+)((?:\s*\d+\s*)*)};
...
'
a 1 2 3 : a 1 2 3
b 4 5 6: b 4 5 6
- or download this
$ perl -E '
my $re = qr{(?<letter>\w+)(?<digit>(?:\s*\d+\s*)*)};
...
'
a 1 2 3 : a 1 2 3
b 4 5 6: b 4 5 6