#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11112811
use warnings;

my $input = <<ENDOFSTRING;
beginning a bend
before stuff
begin
  one
  begin
    three
  end
  five
end
after stuff
beginning a bend
ENDOFSTRING

print $input, '-' x 70, "\n";

my $level = 0;
my $nested = $input =~ s/(\bbegin\b)|(\bend\b)|./
  ( $1 && $level++, $level ? $& : '', $2 && $level--)[1] /gesr;

print "$nested\n";

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Outputs: 

beginning a bend
before stuff
begin
  one
  begin
    three
  end
  five
end
after stuff
beginning a bend
----------------------------------------------------------------------
begin
  one
  begin
    three
  end
  five
end

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In reply to Re^2: regex for nested "<"/">' by tybalt89
in thread regex for nested "<"/">' by clueless newbie

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