Re^2: Regex to ignore comment

I need to get the text before the comment IE # invalid

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regex = (?<First>.....
pattern = 255.257.0.0 # invalid
pattern = 192.168.1.1
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Re^3: Regex to ignore comment by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 20, 2015 at 18:03 UTC
Why don't you just strip off everything starting with `#`? `$line =~ s!#.*$!!; # strip off comments my( $key, $value ) = split /=/, $line;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]