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my $string = "abcd\x66\x69\x8f\xfe";
print "string is ",length($string), " characters long.", $/;

my @matches = $string =~ /([^\x01-\x7f])/go;

print "string has ",scalar(@matches), " characters in \\x80-\\xff.", $
+/;

print "the string$/";
hex_print($string);

my $count;
printf("match %02d has value %02X$/", $count++, ord $_) for @matches;

sub hex_print {
    my $string = shift;
    for my $a ( 0, 1 ) {
        print(
        map( { substr $_, $a, 1 } map { sprintf "%02X", ord $_ }
            split //, $string ),
        $/
        );
    }
}

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In reply to Re: capturing the numerous hits from a global match into nested data by zengargoyle
in thread capturing the numerous hits from a global match into nested data by jjohhn

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