Re: Using previous match in the same matching regexp (now with newlines!)

my ($len,$substring) = ($string =~ /^(\d+) ((??{"(?s).{$1}"}))/s);
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See perlre on (?imsx-imsx).

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re^2: Using previous match in the same matching regexp (now with newlines!) by cyberconte (Scribe) on Nov 18, 2005 at 16:51 UTC
Thank you, wise one :-) Not only for the answer, but the reference.	[reply]