Re^2: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match

Number 1 fails for me but number 2 works perfectly. I'm using this string of text:

ONT |Status              |% Complete
----|--------------------|----------
1.1 |activate complete   |100       
1.2 |activate complete   |100       
1.3 |activate complete   |100       
1.4 |activate complete   |100       
1.5 |activate complete   |100       
1.6 |activate complete   |100       
1.7 |activate complete   |100       
1.8 |activate complete   |100       
1.9 |activate complete   |100       
1.10|activate complete   |100       
1.11|activate complete   |100       
1.12|activate complete   |100       
1.13|activate complete   |100       
1.14|activate complete   |100       
1.15|activate complete   |100       
1.16|activate complete   |100       
1.17|activate complete   |100       
1.18|activate complete   |100       
1.19|activate complete   |100       
1.20|activate complete   |100       
1.21|activate complete   |100       
1.22|activate complete   |100       
1.23|activate complete   |100       
1.24|activate complete   |100       
1.25|activate complete   |100       
1.26|activate complete   |100       
1.27|activate complete   |100       
1.28|activate complete   |100       
1.29|activate complete   |100       
1.30|activate complete   |100       
1.31|activate complete   |100       
1.32|activate complete   |100       
2.1 |activate complete   |100       
2.2 |activate complete   |100       
2.3 |activate complete   |100       
2.4 |activate complete   |100       
2.5 |activate complete   |100       
2.6 |activate complete   |100       
2.7 |activate complete   |100       
2.8 |activate complete   |100
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Re^3: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match by ahmad (Hermit) on Jul 30, 2010 at 23:34 UTC
by looking at the given regex, it fails because of the header column, So you'll have to either remove the header column or account for its existence. `qr/\A.?-(?:[^\|]\\|\sactivate complete\s\\|[^\n]\n?)\z/ms;` Mabye?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 31, 2010 at 00:26 UTC
I would simply insert `(?:[^\n]\n){2}` after the `\A`. `qr/(?x: \A (?:[^\n]\n){2} (?: [^\|]* \\| \s* activate[ ]complete \s* \\| [^\n]* \n? )* \z )/ms;` [download] For the finicky, `[^\|]` could be changed to `[^\|\n]`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match by ahmad (Hermit) on Jul 31, 2010 at 01:20 UTC
Yes, skipping 2 lines is better I guess Out of curiosity, What text editor do you use?	[reply]
Re^6: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 31, 2010 at 01:47 UTC
Re^4: Multi-line string regex and negative inline match by josh803316 (Beadle) on Jul 31, 2010 at 05:46 UTC
I guess my problem was that I had an extra empty line with a newline at the end of the string, if I remove the newline the regex matches (thank you). I'll just have to match for 0 or 1 potential newlines	[reply]