Re^2: Regex bug? matching multiple newline with /m

Ha, yes bitten by interpolation. Thanks.

Now I'm wondering how many times in the past I've had difficulties with a multiline regex and it was due to the incorrect assumption that it would consume the \n...

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Re^3: Regex bug? matching multiple newline with /m by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Aug 09, 2021 at 14:51 UTC
... bitten by interpolation. Perhaps better to say "bitten by failure to enable strict" (and I would also recommend warnings). Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex bug? matching multiple newline with /m by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Aug 14, 2021 at 15:23 UTC
The problem with interpolation is covered in the documentation for `/PATTERN/msixpodualngc` in Regexp Quote Like Operators. If "'" is used as the delimiter, no variable interpolation is done. This is not enough to solve your problem with the newline because `$` is a zero width assertion. Assertions Besides "^" and "$", Perl defines the following zero-width assertions: In this case, it is probably best to match the newline explicitly and not use the anchor at all. Bill	[reply] [d/l] [select]