OK, this is killing me. I have spent the last two days seemingly overlooking the obvious. I'm betting this is an obvious one as well but ... I don't get it. I have an error message like this 
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server][0122]USAGE: InvokeStor
+edProcedure [param1], [param2], [param3], [param3]

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I need to strip off the first three bracketed expressions and retain everyting from [0122] on. I have tried many variations on this theme but I seem to be missing something 
$errmsg =~ /^      # start at beginning of string
             (     # capture first group
              \[   # an opening square bracket
              \w+  # followed by one or more word charrs
              ]    # followed by a closing square bracket
             )     # close first capture
              {1}  # capture should be 1 time 
             (     # begin second capture
              .+   # match anything else 1 or more times
             )     # close second capture
           /x;

# which gives $1 = [Microsoft], $2 = everything else

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However, when I change the {1} to {2}, the match fails. I am expecting $1 = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver], $2 = everyting else

Any suggestions? What am I missing?

PJ
use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics;

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