This is a bit of an obfuscation question. Say you have this program: 
my $string = '12 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
my ($len) = ($string =~ /^(\d+)/;
my ($substring) = ($string =~ /^\d+ (.{$len})/);
print "$substring\n";

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Is there a way to combine the two regexps? for example, something like 
my ($len,$substring) = ($string =~ /^(\d+) (.{$1})/);

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(except we know that doesn't work)? Having it all on one line in one regexp is the goal...

Thanks!

In reply to Using previous match in the same matching regexp by cyberconte

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