sometimes I wished we could simply apply regexes to lists (preferably in a layzy functional way) ...

  DB<152> @list= ("a".."c","DBIC","A".."C","DANCER","a".."c")
 => ("a", "b", "c", "DBIC", "A", "B", "C", "DANCER", "a", "b", "c")
 
  DB<153> $list = join "\0", @list
 => "a\0b\0c\0DBIC\0A\0B\0C\0DANCER\0a\0b\0c"
 
  DB<154> ($match)=  $list =~ /DBIC\0(.*)\0DANCER/
 => "A\0B\0C"
 
  DB<155> split /\0/,$match
 => ("A", "B", "C")

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this will find the longest interval between the first DBIC and the last Dancer and you are free to use more powerful regexes.

UPDATE: hmm maybe newlines are here a better choice as delimiter.

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re: List::MoreUtils before, after and ... between? by LanX
in thread List::MoreUtils before, after and ... between? by Boldra

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