Re^2: Specific Regex with Multilines (/s and /m): Why Doesn't This Work?

Thank you--I thought that because I was wanted all of the matches (there are several in the full text to be searched), I needed /g. But I don't because I'm pushing each into an array individually, right?

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Re^3: Specific Regex with Multilines (/s and /m): Why Doesn't This Work? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 21, 2011 at 19:45 UTC
But I don't because I'm pushing each into an array individually, right? Depends. As long as you can only have one match per line, then yes, the following would do: `while (<>) { if (/.../) { push @matches, ...; } }` [download] If you can have multiple matches per line, you'd need something like: `while (<>) { while (/.../g) { push @matches, ...; } }` [download] It's moot, however, since you want to match text that span multiple lines. You want something more like the following: `my $file; { local $/; $file = <>; } # Slurp file. while ($file =~ /.../g) { push @matches, ...; }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Specific Regex with Multilines (/s and /m): Why Doesn't This Work?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 21, 2011 at 19:45 UTC

But I don't because I'm pushing each into an array individually, right?

Depends. As long as you can only have one match per line, then yes, the following would do:

while (<>) {
   if (/.../) {
      push @matches, ...;
   }
}
[download]

If you can have multiple matches per line, you'd need something like:

while (<>) {
   while (/.../g) {
      push @matches, ...;
   }
}
[download]

It's moot, however, since you want to match text that span multiple lines. You want something more like the following:

my $file; { local $/; $file = <>; }   # Slurp file.
while ($file =~ /.../g) {
   push @matches, ...;
}
[download]

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