The match operator is not particularly well suited to extract this data since the data has two dimensions. One solution:
while (
/
^
(\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d)
.*dates processed:[ ]
( (?:\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d,[ ])* \d{4}-\d\d-\d\d )
$
/mg
) {
my $on = $1;
my $procesed = $2;
my @processed = split(/, /, $processed);
# Do something with $on and @processed.
}
Or if you are dealing with a file handle,
while (<$fh>) {
my ($on, $processed) = /
^
(\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d)
.*dates processed:[ ]
( (?:\d{4}-\d\d-\d\d,[ ])* \d{4}-\d\d-\d\d )
$
/
or next;
my @processed = split(/, /, $processed);
# Do something with $on and @processed.
}
Update: Added file handle version since that's probably what the OP really wants.
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