Oh I see what you mean now Jenda. So then what I think I need to do is make the if condition iterate over every line of the text file until it finds the matching syntax, yes?
The first line in DATA:
#bg at,superdoes not match any conditions:
if ((/#bg\s$input/ .. /#be\s$input/) =~ /^\d+(?<!^1)$/) or
elsif (/bb\s$input/)and I dont want it to either.
my conditions:
if ((/#bg\s$input/ .. /#be\s$input/) =~ /^\d+(?<!^1)$/) {
print $_;
}
elsif (/bb\s$input/) {
print $_;
last;
}
else
{
print "nope".$_;
last;
}
So the first if condition should print everything between
/#bg\s$input/ and
/#be\s$input/ and this part:
/^\d+(?<!^1)$/ will get rid of the starting and ending points: "
/#bg\s$input/ and
/#be\s$input/",
leaving everything else in between. Am I way off track here?