Re^2: Perl regex. Why does this happen?

Based on the data you've provided, s[(\s{2})(?=\d)][2]g should do what you want.

Or (more simply, IMHO) use \h [horizontal whitespace] instead of \s

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Re^3: Perl regex. Why does this happen? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 07, 2016 at 04:02 UTC
`\h` added with Perl version 5.10. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl regex. Why does this happen? (^\S\n) by tye (Sage) on Jun 07, 2016 at 15:53 UTC
If you want to be backward compatible, you can substitute `[^\S\n]` for \h. - tye	[reply] [d/l]