$fc = 'abcdfoofrobnicatebardefforspambazghi'; 

$re2 = qr/(fo.)(.*?)(ba.)/;

push @excerpts, $1 while $fc =~ /($re2)/g;

print "0: $excerpts[0];
print "0: $excerpts[0];

for my $i ( 0 .. 1 ) {
    $excerpts[i] =~ /$re2/;
    $%{$excerpts[$i]}{fpart} = $1;
    $%{$excerpts[$i]}{bpart} = $3;
}

print "0{fpart}: $%{$excerpts[0]}{fpart}\n;
print "0{bpart}: $%{$excerpts[0]}{bpart}\n;
print "1{fpart}: $%{$excerpts[1]}{fpart}\n;
print "1{bpart}: $%{$excerpts[1]}{bpart}\n;

__END__

0:foofrobnicatebar
1:forspambaz
0{fpart}: foo
0{bpart}: bar
1{fpart}: for
1{bpart}: baz

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Hope I typed all this correctly

Edit: changed $2 to $3 in for loop. Running it on PC with perl yields above results with exception of 1{bpart} for some reason

Addendum: I also realize that I could have started out with an array of hashes and put the original contents into $excerpts[$i]{contents} and then from it gotten $excerpts[$i]{bpart} $excerpts[$i]{fpart} with the normal AoH syntax, but this question is for an already existing array with stuff in $excerpts[$i].

In reply to Re^2: Adding hashes to already existing array by ExReg
in thread Adding hashes to already existing array by ExReg

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