Can you please let me know how to make use of %+ so to match in a loop even if the submatch in a pattern string fails?

um, \d always fails :)

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump qw/ dd /;
my $cool = qr/
  (?<key>
      \s*
      (?<key2>\w+)
      \s*
      (?<keyQ>\w+)
      \s*
      (?<NEVER>\d*)
   )
/x;
my $beans = 'castor cocoa coffee pinto navy Mayocoba';

while( $beans =~ m{$cool}g ){
    dd( \%+ );
}
__END__
{
  # tied Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
  key   => "castor cocoa ",
  key2  => "castor",
  keyQ  => "cocoa",
  NEVER => "",
}
{
  # tied Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
  key   => "coffee pinto ",
  key2  => "coffee",
  keyQ  => "pinto",
  NEVER => "",
}
{
  # tied Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
  key   => "navy Mayocoba",
  key2  => "navy",
  keyQ  => "Mayocoba",
  NEVER => "",
}

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In reply to Re^4: Question on Regular Expression by Anonymous Monk
in thread Question on Regular Expression by sjain

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