I have a file that looks like this: 


   __FRANK LICHTENBERG, Columbia University
   
   _[4]Pharmaceutical Knowledge-Capital Accumulation and Longevity_
   

   BARBARA FRAUMENI and SUMIYE OKUBO,
   
   Bureau of Economic Analysis
   
   _[5]R&D in the National Income and Product Accounts: 
   
   A First Look at its impact on GDP_

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and I want to grab out the titles. The titles begin with the 4 or 5 and end with a "_" char. In this example, I want to grab out

Pharmaceutical Knowledge-Capital Accumulation and Longevity

and

R&D in the National Income and Product Accounts: A First Look at its impact on GDP

This only matches the 1-liner number 4: 

my (@tmp, @titles);
while (<IN>) {
  if ( my @tmp = m/\_[\d\](.+)_/g ) {
    push @titles, @tmp;
  }
}

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How can I write a reg-exp to match across newlines in some but not all instances? I want to get both titles in to my @titles array.

thanks

In reply to how to reg-exp match across multiple lines? by Anonymous Monk

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