Flip-flop in either configuration is probably the more natural choice, but a regular expression was the spec, so I give you:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; $_ = <<'EOT'; // useless comment Some Code //********************************************************** // //I need that text // And that also // //********************************************************** Some Code //********************************************************** // //I need that text // And that also // //********************************************************** Some Code // useless comment Some Code //********************************************************** // //I need that text // And that also // And some more // //********************************************************** Some Code // useless comment EOT my $i = 0; while (m|^//\*+\s*^.+?(\w[^*]+\w).+?^//\*+\s*$|smg) { printf "%d:\n%s\n\n", ++$i, $1; } __END__ 1: I need that text // And that also 2: I need that text // And that also 3: I need that text // And that also // And some more
There's no way in a single autonomous expression to grab a variable number of fields, so I had to grab the whole chunk. If you know each one is 2 lines, you could use
^//\*+\s+^.+?^//\s*(\w.+?)\s*^//\s*(\w.+?$).+?^//\*+\s+$

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.


In reply to Re: Regex needed :< by kennethk
in thread Regex needed :< by Anonymous Monk

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