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in thread Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string

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

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Re^8: Extract Multiple Lines from the End of a multi-line string
by NateTut (Deacon) on Oct 17, 2008 at 18:20 UTC
    Thanks, that helped clear it up.