What I would suggest is:
print "$1\n" if (/^(.*?)\s*\d+$/);
This will have the effect of removing the trailing space
from the line.
I'm not sure if this will be an issue for your application
or not, but your program might get a bit carried away if
you (or someone else) spaced out some of your expressions, such as:
x = ReallyLongFunctionNameNumber1() + 130
+ AnotherCrazyLongFunctionNameThatIsOnItsOwnLine();
I would presume that you don't want the program to pick
up on that line, in which case, a slightly safer version
might be to put a semi-colon in your regexp, like so:
print "$1\n" if (/^(.*?;)\s*\d+$/);
Or to demand a specific quantity of numbers, such as 5:
print "$1\n" if (/^(.*?)\s*\d{5}$/);
Although, to be truly "safe", you would want to change
the format of your numerical markup system slightly, such
as turning it into a comment, like:
int i; // #20005
Where '// #20005' is not very likely to show up anywhere
else in your code.
Though, of course, this will depend
on the context of your application, and it might be way
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