Dear PerlMonks,

I have a simple question. kindly help me if possible....

I have some names. some have a country code in front of that name, but some don't. The country code is either 2 digit or 3 digit codes and is seperated with a hyphen. I wish to extract the country code using perl regex (remember some doesn't have the country codes). Below are some of the example names.

$name = "UK-Storee Leaader"; 
$name = "US-Inventory Specialiist"; 
$name = "Verifiication Engiineer - Techniical"; 
$name = "CHN-Speciialist"; 
$name = "Software Engiineer - Telecom"; 
$name = "ESP-Busiiness Manager"; 
$name = "Software Engiineer - Productiiviity"; 
$name = "FRA-Busiiness Speciialist"; 
$name = "CAN-Busiiness Speciialist"; 
$name = "CHE-Inventory Specialiist"; 
$name = "HK-Iinventory Speciialiist"; 
$name = "ITA-Speciialist"; 
$name = "NLD-Busiiness Specialiist";

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Pls note that some are not having country codes but having a hyphen. I Only want to extract if there is a country code. Basically if the digit count matches 2 or 3 before the first hyphen, I need to do the extract and leave the rest(if not like that).

Pls can anyone suggest me a simple regex for this. I am planning to do the $name one at a time, so dont need to loop or something... just that basic regex which separate those county codes.

Thank you Monks.

In reply to Perl Regex Help! by Anonymous Monk

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