Re: Why multiline regex doesn't work?

I really don't understand what you are trying to match ... perhaps you simplified your example too much? At any rate, why not use split?

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;

my $s = <<'ENDSTR';
aaa       : AAA
bbb       : BBB
ccc       : CCC
ENDSTR


my %hash = map { split( /\s+:\s+/, $_, 2) } split ( /\n/, $s );
print Dumper \%hash;

__END__
$VAR1 = {
          'bbb' => 'BBB',
          'ccc' => 'CCC',
          'aaa' => 'AAA'
        };
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UPDATE:
But simple splitting DOES work here.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re^2: Why multiline regex doesn't work? by nbd (Novice) on Jun 08, 2015 at 23:57 UTC
I try to learn how to use ^ and $ anchors within a string for cases where simple splitting doesn't work. And cannot see what's wrong with this simple example.	[reply]