Close, but not quite yet:

First, here's a 5.005 version that's the same thing: 

$regex = '^(.*)(?(?{my$x=substr$1,9,-4;$1ne"^(.*)(?(?{$x}))\\z"}))\z';

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And here's the stinger: 
$test  = '^(.*)(?(?{my$japhy;my$x=substr$1,9,-4;$1ne"^(.*)(??{$x}))\\z
+"}))\z';

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(Mind you, I'm playing with this on 5.005, and things that I don't expect to match are matching - I wonder if there's a bug in the RE engine at this point. However, I'm pretty sure that adding any text prior to "my$x..." will still match...)

I think that you need to specify the exact length of the substr that you're looking at, which means to just simply do some character counting.

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to Re: Re: japhy has met his match by Masem
in thread japhy has met his match by japhy

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