This might be cheating, but when retrieving multiple repeated matches, I often use /g after validating that the line looks somewhat valid:

my $re4 = qr/\b([Na0-9\.\-\+]+)\b/; # capture a floating point number
my @vals = ($x =~ m/$re4/gx );
croak "Invalid line '$x'" if @vals != 4;
($d, $e, $f, $g) = @vals;

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Often, I first identify the section without capturing and then parse it in a second step (but that's not what you wanted):

my $float = qr/\b([Na0-9\.\-\+]+)\b/;
croak "Invalid line '$x'" if $x !~ /((?:$float(\s+|$)){4}))/;
print "Found numbers '$1'\n";
my @vals = $1 =~ /($float)/g;

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I did not find a way to capture the repeated values in one go.

In reply to Re: Repeating a capture group pattern within a pattern by Corion
in thread Repeating a capture group pattern within a pattern by mldvx4

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