in reply to Re: RegEx filter \s ! between labels, part 2
in thread RegEx filter \s ! between labels, part 2

$text =~ s/\s+|(STARTPRESERVE(\d?).*?STOPPRESERVE$1)/${[$1,' ']}[!$1]/
+gs;

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No... that first $1 is freezing at the wrong time. Perhaps you mean \2, not $1.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom