Hi all,
(Example 1)
I have the following lines:
This is some text....\<Bluebird\>..
MBAAAEgAAAQAB
blaah,blaah
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

(Example 2)
but sometimes it looks like this:
This is some text....<B
luebird>..MBAAAEgAAAQAoBA
AAQKAREDSCETRTBDFS
blaah,blaah
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+

Now, given this, I am wanting to skip over the text when I find it
(bounded by <Bluebird> and =+=+=+)
So, I have a loop as follows: 
LINE: while ( <> ) {
  next LINE if (m/\.{4}<B.*ird>/s .. /(\+\=\+)$/);
  print;
}

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The "next" works fine if the <Bluebird> tag is not split over a newline (as in example(2) above), but fails when the <Bluebird> tag is split over a newline (as in example(1) above).

Can anyone show me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks
H
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20040908 Edit by ysth: code in code tags

In reply to Matching a range of lines using a regex (the .. and ... operators) by hambo

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