The reason I wanted the while is because I update each code block with the number corresponding to which code block it is. Here is an example 
my $post_body ='<c>this is the first code block code</c> This is <c>an
+other code block</c>';
my $part = 1;
$part++  while $post_body =~ s/<c>(.*?)<\/c>/<a href='download?part=$p
+art'>Download Me<\/a><pre>$1<\/pre>/i;
print $post_body, "\n";

[download]
And I will have this as an output: 
<a href='download?part=1'>Download Me</a><pre>this is code</pre> This 
+is <a href='download?part=2'>Download Me</a><pre>more code</pre>

[download]
Am I missing something, because I still don't see how I can have the output that I want if I use the global switch.

In reply to Re^2: perlmonks downloadable code blocks by debiandude
in thread perlmonks downloadable code blocks by debiandude

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