Re^4: Using variables in regex search

On a related note to my Edgar database search, is there a way to load a list of regex search patterns from a database?

I want to convert this long list of REGEX matches into a list being sourced from a select statement on a database

Is that possible?

select CONCAT(DATA,'...') FROM TABLE

which comes out like this:

06054E...

063679...

06369N...

06374V...

06417Y...

06418E...

but I want to substitute this list into this regular expression.

if ($lines=~ /(06054E...|063679...|06369N...|06374V...|06417Y...|06418E...|)/) print "$1\n";

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Re^5: Using variables in regex search by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 17, 2023 at 17:43 UTC
Note that replying to a 12 year old post with a new question is unlikely to get you many responses; better to post a new question in Seekers of Perl Wisdom, of course keeping in mind How do I post a question effectively? But it sounds to me like what you want to do is this: Building Regex Alternations Dynamically.	[reply]