Re^3: multiline regex: heredoc vs. reading file

The problem is not with the regexp. The problem is that $_ only contains one line. See my earlier post in this discussion for more details.

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Re^4: multiline regex: heredoc vs. reading file by bowei_99 (Friar) on Jan 25, 2006 at 18:10 UTC
OK, so I changed the while loop to contain the following, and still get the same thing - `$_ .= <TEST>; if (m{ \w+\n .+ \w+ }msx) { print "reading file test: The line \n$_\nmatches.\n"; }` [download] I would think that a) $_ .= <TEST>; would be equivalent to your $text = <$test_fh>; line, and b) replacing \n with .+ utilizes the /s, correct?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: multiline regex: heredoc vs. reading file by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 25, 2006 at 18:13 UTC
Now, `$_` contains two lines, but you need three with the data you showed. Also, `$_ .= <TEST>` could attempt to read past the end of the file, but you don't check for that.	[reply] [d/l] [select]