Hello Monks-

I'm wondering if there is a way to match an arbitrary number of sub patterns with a regex, and have these subpatterns available in the $1, $2 variables?

ie: a string "aaa:bbb:ccc:ddd:eee:"
This string can be just 'aaa:', or might be many repetitions longer

How can I get 'aaa:' into $1, 'bbb:' into $2, 'ccc:' into $3, etc?

I know I can capture the whole pattern and split on the ':', but am curious if this is possible using ()'s in a regex. Thanks!

In reply to Matching and making accesible an arbitrary number of subpatterns w/a regex? by rojam74

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