Hi,
I have a file that has lines like below: 
1 *32:56 *35:5 40.6
2 *4:40 *9:110 30.2
3 *1:10 4
4 *8:90 *7:30 44
5 *17:9 5.0

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I want to use a regular expression while processing this file and store lines such as
 1 *32:56 *35:5 40.6
into one variable and store lines such as
 3 *1:10 4
into another variable.
How can I do this?
I am trying to use if
 (/(\d+)(\*.*?:.*?)\s(\d+\.\d+)/)
to capture only those lines that look like
3 *1:10 4
but it does not seem to work as I expected? Any help please.
Buthuleji

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