in reply to Re^3: How to capture backwards using regex?
in thread How to capture backwards using regex?

> (*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 :)
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