in reply to Re: How to get only the next word matching the regex in the line
in thread How to get only the next word matching the regex in the line

next if $current_line !~ /Grab this\s+'([^']+)'/;
oysterperl:   Note that  '([^']+)' will not correctly match a single-quoted string that contains an escaped single-quote, but if that can occur, a regex can easily be written that can handle an escaped delimiter.


Give a man a fish:  <%-{-{-{-<

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: How to get only the next word matching the regex in the line
by oysterperl (Novice) on Nov 11, 2019 at 05:29 UTC
    That is very useful, thank you!