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  • All Tokens
  • Common Tokens
  • General Tokens
  • Anchors
  • Meta Sequences
  • Quantifiers
  • Group Constructs
  • Character Classes
  • Flags/Modifiers
  • Substitution
  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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use strict; my $str = '--- 0---|--- 10---|--- 20---|--- 30---|--- 40---|--- 50---|--- 60---|--- 70---|--- 80---|--- 90---| 123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|123456789|1 23456789|123456789|123456789|123456789| SELECT tbl_Hex.Hex_ID ,tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Code AS [Generic Code] ,tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type AS [Generic Type] FROM tbl_ref_Location RIGHT JOIN ((tbl_ref_Generic_Type INNER JOIN tbl_Generic_Tool ON tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type_ID = tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Type_ID) INNER JOIN (tbl_ref_Building INNER JOIN tbl_Hex ON tbl_ref_Building.Building_ID = tbl_Hex.Building_ID) ON tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_ID = tbl_Hex.Generic_ID) ON tbl_ref_Location.Location_ID = tbl_Hex.Location_ID GROUP BY tbl_Hex.Hex_ID ,tbl_Hex.Hex_No ,tbl_ref_Building.Building_Abbrev ,tbl_ref_Location.Location ,tbl_Generic_Tool.Generic_Code ,tbl_ref_Generic_Type.Generic_Type ORDER BY tbl_Hex.Hex_No; '; my $regex = qr/(.{1,80}\S)(?:[\r\n\f\v ]+|$)/mp; my $subst = '$1\\r\\n'; my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg; print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html