Re: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line?

Use (?!$):

$x = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy fox';;

print "<$1>" while $x =~ m[(......fox)]g;;
<brown fox>
< lazy fox>

print "<$1>" while $x =~ m[(......fox)(?!$)]g;;
<brown fox>
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Re^2: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line? by 1nickt (Canon) on Jun 29, 2015 at 11:51 UTC
Just for posterity .... it's usually: `A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog` .... one of the shortest pangrams in the English language. At 33 letters it's not really close to a "perfect pangram" but I think it caught on because it was easier to remember than, say, `Veldt jynx grimps waqf zho buck` (which means, of course, "a grass-plains wryneck climbs upon a male yak-cattle hybrid that was donated under Islamic law.") For PerlMonks perhaps the best compromise between perfection and relevance might be: `Quick fox jumps nightly above wizard` at 31 letters. :-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 29, 2015 at 11:55 UTC
Mr. Jock, TV Quiz Ph.D., bags few lynx With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!	[reply]
Re^4: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line? by 1nickt (Canon) on Jun 29, 2015 at 12:00 UTC
Heh, was gonna downvote for abbreviations, but relented because of use of old-school UNIX utility :-)	[reply]
Re^5: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 29, 2015 at 12:16 UTC
Re^6: How do I match a string that is NOT at the end of a line? by 1nickt (Canon) on Jun 29, 2015 at 12:23 UTC