Re: Multiline Regex

I'm interested in knowing why you want this change.

By the way, it should speed things up to to eliminate impossible starting points.

if ( my ($line) = $str =~ /^(.*?$regex.*)/m ) {
    print "Matched Line $line\n"
}
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The .*? on the LHS makes it behave more naturally if you add subcaptures.

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Re^2: Multiline Regex by Anonymous Monk on Oct 09, 2008 at 11:01 UTC
That's the best solution so far as it doesn't resort to splitting or file handles. Although, I was hoping there would be a way I could avoid the use of two .*'s.	[reply]
Re^3: Multiline Regex by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 09, 2008 at 11:02 UTC
Although, I was hoping there would be a way I could avoid the use of two .'s.* Again, I wonder what you have against `.*`.	[reply] [d/l]