At this point it would probably help to know a little more about the problem you are trying to solve, but the following example may be relevant.

use strict;
use warnings;

my @structs;
local $/ = '};';

while (my $struct = <DATA>) {
    my ($name, $data) = $struct =~ m/\bstruct\s+(\w+).+\bint\s*:\s*(\d
++)\s*;/s;
    my @strings = $struct =~ m/(?<={|;)\s*pointer:\s*"([^"]*)";/sg;

    next if ! defined $data || ! @strings;
    push @structs, {name => $name, data => $data, strings => \@strings
+};
}

for my $struct (@structs) {
    print <<STRUCT;
struct $struct->{name} {
    int: $struct->{data};
STRUCT
    print "    pointer: $_;\n" for @{$struct->{strings}};
    print "};\n\n"
}


__DATA__
struct first {
  pointer: "hello world";
  pointer: "the end is nigh";
  pointer: "this is the end";
  int: 23;
};
struct second {
  pointer: "Gidday";   int: 12;
  pointer: "the second struct is nigh";
  pointer: "in fact this is it";
};
struct third {int: 21; pointer: "When two is not enough, you need a th
+ird";};

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Prints:

struct first {
    int: 23;
    pointer: hello world;
    pointer: the end is nigh;
    pointer: this is the end;
};

struct second {
    int: 12;
    pointer: Gidday;
    pointer: the second struct is nigh;
    pointer: in fact this is it;
};

struct third {
    int: 21;
    pointer: When two is not enough, you need a third;
};

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True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re^3: How do I create a C-like struct with dynamic fields in Perl? by GrandFather
in thread How do I create a C-like struct with dynamic fields in Perl? by man-et-arms

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