For the first time in many years of writing POD, I need to place data in =begin ... =end blocks, then extract it for use in a separate program. I seek the advice of the monks on how to do this most expeditiously.

The files into which I need to place these blocks may already have some POD, but mostly do not. My immediate need is to be able to add chunks of JSON or YAML at various points in the file -- chunks which a special POD-parsing program will extract as a list of JSON/YAML chunks for further processing. Example: 

Normal text paragraph.

=begin specialdoc

[Chunk of JSON or YAML]

=end specialdoc

More regular text.

=begin specialdoc

[2nd Chunk of JSON or YAML]

=end specialdoc

Still more regular text.

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For my purpose, I only need to extract the JSON/YAML chunks. The regular POD will be handled by Pod::Text or Pod::Perldoc.

I would appreciate any pointers, including links to CPAN modules which extract data from =begin blocks.

Thank you very much.

Jim Keenan

In reply to Pod: Need to parse from =begin ... =end blocks by jkeenan1

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