Hello, I have a piece of data which looks something like this,
-----------------------------------------------------------
ISSUE ABCDE00078945
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Summary : summary about the issue

Component : Component desscription
Product : Product name
Version : Version number
Date : 2013-10-15

-----------------------------------------------------------
ISSUE ABCDE00012345
-----------------------------------------------------------

Summary : summary about the issue

Component : Component description
Product : Product name
Version : Version number
Date : 2014-10-15

The above pattern will be containing special characters.
Each set of "ISSUE" i e.,
-----------------------------------------------------------
ISSUE ABCDE00078945
-----------------------------------------------------------

Summary : summary about the issue

Component : Component desscription
Product : Product name
Version : Version number
Date : 2013-10-15
should be parsed in an iteration. I am using the pattern,

$text =~ /(ISSUE\s+\w{5}\d+)\n-*\n\s*([\S\s]*?)---*/g;

where $text will be having the above mentioned data. But the script is not returning the issue set. Is there something wrong in the pattern?

In reply to matching characters by shylaja

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