that last parentheses, ($RID) should be an assertion, (?=$RID). if you don't do this, you will read in that ID and skip it the next time you read something. you don't need the \G unless there is pieces in the data that aren't going to match (it seems like everything in the data is a valid piece of data).

perhaps you want to use split instead of a regex? if every part of your data is getting tested, you probably don't need, or want, a regular expression. split the data on your $rid codes, and test the rest of the data. or since you're reading from a file... read till you hit a $rid code. test what you've read. continue till EOF.

In reply to RE: Length Field by jlistf
in thread Parsing and \G and /g and Stupid User Tricks by THuG

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