Re^4: multiline regex: heredoc vs. reading file

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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";
    }
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I would think that
a) $_ .= <TEST>; would be equivalent to your $text = <$test_fh>; line, and
b) replacing \n with .+ utilizes the /s,

correct?

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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]

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