Re^2: using lookaround assertions to grab info

Perhaps you want to split on /\n\b/. That will require new records to begin with a word char (because \n is not a word char).

I am not sure how this helps me. In the example I have provided above, I have added the newlines. In reality, the email message is provided to me as a scalar, with all the newlines and all in it already. I just use Mail::IMAPClient to grab the message.

As I said, the code I have above works fine even with splitting on newlines. Where it fails is its inability to "lookbehind" when it encounters a line without a label -- something that looks like so --

       : sometext
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I believe that when I encounter a line like above, I have to lookbehind and say, "Ha, this line doesn't begin with a label, hence it is just a continuation of the value of the previous label."

This is where I am lost.

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Re^3: using lookaround assertions to grab info by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Jun 03, 2004 at 22:00 UTC
In reality, the email message is provided to me as a scalar, with all the newlines and all in it already. And you want to split on those newlines, except where the next line doesn't begin with a letter. You want those lines that don't begin with a letter not to be split from the previous lines. Maybe you should just try it and see what you get. The PerlMonk `tr///` Advocate	[reply]
Re^4: using lookaround assertions to grab info by punkish (Priest) on Jun 03, 2004 at 22:08 UTC
And you want to split on those newlines, except where the next line doesn't begin with a letter. You want those lines that don't begin with a letter not to be split from the previous lines. Maybe you should just try it and see what you get. I tried. And... Sweet. This works just swell. I wish I could vote more than once for your tip for what I learned from it. Many thanks.	[reply]