Re^2: How to capture backwards using regex?

> passes all of LanX's tests and doesn't need 5.38

Are you implying that 5.38 is needed for my code?

I didn't bother to check version dependencies...

Anyway I could think of other workarounds but the pos and \G solution is hard to beat.

Cheers Rolf
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Re^3: How to capture backwards using regex? by choroba (Cardinal) on Nov 11, 2024 at 19:53 UTC
> Are you implying that 5.38 is needed for my code? No, sorry, I misread what you wrote: > Unfortunately with variable length this still seems experimental with 5.38 ... In fact, 5.30 is enough to run it, see perlre: Prior to Perl 5.30, it worked only for fixed-width lookbehind, but starting in that release, it can handle variable lengths from 1 to 255 characters as an experimental feature. The `(pla:pattern)` syntax is from 5.28, in earlier versions, the only possible syntax was `(?<=)`. `map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]\|\|0,1}[\\|\|{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How to capture backwards using regex? by LanX (Saint) on Nov 11, 2024 at 21:51 UTC
> `(pla:pattern)` syntax is from 5.28* Yes I was aware about this being "new", but honestly I really have problems remembering the old syntax. > Prior to Perl 5.30, it worked only for fixed-width lookbehind I think a more interesting task would be to show applications of `plb` or `nlb` which can't be emulated with `\G` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]