Re: regex across multiple lines

$/=undef;
$_=<DATA>;
s/([^\n]*printf.*?printf.*?\n)[^\n]*\n/$1/gs;
print;
__DATA__
This line has a printf and is
multiline
This line has printf and is one line
This line will not be printed
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Based upon the test data provided, this works.
Are we to assume that the multiline is a multiline printf function?,
if so surely the line ends with a ';'?

More information please.

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Brother Frankus.

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Re: Re: regex across multiple lines by mndoci (Scribe) on Jun 29, 2002 at 06:17 UTC
You were quite right. That was the real problem and of course resolved in a similar way to what was suggested. I was curious about the possiblity of solving the problem if I had been provided a file with no ';'. It appears that the question in itself is unsound. Regards mndoci "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?"-Sherlock Holmes in 'A study in scarlet'	[reply]

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Re: Re: regex across multiple lines
by mndoci (Scribe) on Jun 29, 2002 at 06:17 UTC

You were quite right. That was the real problem and of course resolved in a similar way to what was suggested. I was curious about the possiblity of solving the problem if I had been provided a file with no ';'. It appears that the question in itself is unsound.

Regards

mndoci

"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done?"-Sherlock Holmes in 'A study in scarlet'

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