I have this working, it does not hide delimiters but it does allow you to pick which regex you want to use. Just save them in $regexFile. Mosley 
$regexNum = 0; 

$regexFile = "regex.txt";

$string = "alphabet is abc...\n"; 

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

if ($regexNum gt 0) { 

    open FILE, $regexFile or die "Cannot open $regexFile file for read
+ :$!";

    do { $re = <FILE> } until $. == $regexNum || eof;

    close(FILE);

    chomp($re);
    
    if ($string =~ m/$re/) { print "Matched this pattern - $re."; 
    }
    else { print "This pattern - $re - not matched."; 
    }
  }
else { print "Regex not selected"; 
}

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In reply to Re: save regex in a file? by Mosley
in thread save regex in a file? by smackdab

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