# Slurp the file
my $Text=do { local $/; <DATA> };

# Assuming that a question begins with a number followed by a period:
# Then a question is a question number followed by lines which are not
+ question numbers.
#while ($Text =~ m{(\d+\.\n([^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+[^\n\r\f]*\n)+)}s) {
while ($Text =~ m{((\d+)\.\n(([^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+[^\n\r\f]*\n)+)(A\)([
+^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+[^\n\r\f]*\n)+?)(B\)([^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+[^\n\r\f]*\
+n)+?)(C\)([^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+[^\n\r\f]*\n)+?)(D\)([^\n\r\f]*[a-zA-Z]+
+[^\n\r\f]*\n)+))}gs) {
    ### question number :$2
    ### question :$3
    ### A) :$5
    ### B) :$7
    ### C) :$9
    ### D) :$11
    #using g so
    #$Text=$';
     };

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works but assumes that a question number of the form \d+\. begins each question, the answers must be A, B, C and D and of the form x) ..., and none of the answers are split so that the trailing portion resembles a question number.

In reply to Re: Multiple Line Data from text file to SQL by clueless newbie
in thread Multiple Line Data from text file to SQL by pie2re

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