Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. Just logged in after work. This is awesome!!. Truly a genius solution!!. There's a lot I've learnt from your code.

Just so that I get it right, when you say next if !/^(\d+):(.*)/s; it means, just move next if you find a line that starts with one or more digits, followed by a colon, and then some stuff. I am not sure what the /s does though, does it mean "spill" this regex over even if there is a new line?

Further down, the next if !/^\s*?([^=]+)\s*=\s*(.*)/ I guess means 

next if ! -> Move to the next line if the line does NOT
/
^\s*?  -> begin with one or more space (? makes this lazy I guess)
([^=]+)-> Does not include the literal "equal to" sign & create captur
+e group of whatever text is there.
\s* -> Some more space.
= -> Literal "equal to"
\s* -> Some more space.
(.*) -> Second capture group of the remaining stuff.
/

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Please let me know if my understanding is right.

The lines  my ($id, $tail) = ($1, $2) and the entire code in the second while loop is simply amazing and an eye opener!! I have no words to express my gratitude for showing this amazing stuff!!

In reply to Re^4: Unable to get the paragraph in the list of hashes. Getting single lines instead. by pritesh_ugrankar
in thread Unable to get the paragraph in the list of hashes. Getting single lines instead. by pritesh_ugrankar

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