Re^4: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string

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Re^5: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 17, 2008 at 16:58 UTC
Presumably followed by `\z`? Your last line doesn't end with `\n`, and that's a bad use of capturing parens.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string by NateTut (Deacon) on Oct 17, 2008 at 17:03 UTC
Yes it was followed by /z. Why is that bad use of capturing parens?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 17, 2008 at 17:09 UTC
What do you think /(...){5}/ captures? The parens are there for grouping, not capturing. If you wanted to capture the five things, you'd use /((?:...){5})/ Note: New features in Perl 5.10 may make /(...){5}/ useful	[reply]
Re^8: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string by NateTut (Deacon) on Oct 17, 2008 at 18:20 UTC