use strict;
my $str = '70270\\\\1073\\\\34\\\\
83122\\\\1073\\\\38-42
92422\\\\1167\\\\L
70234\\\\1167\\\\38\\\\34\\"
70242\\\\1001\\\\29\\\\.
70222\\\\3040\\\\29\\\\32\\"
70267\\\\1019\\\\30
81086\\\\1309\\\\XL
70246\\\\1001\\\\38\\\\\\"32
';
my $regex = qr/(?<style>[0-9]*)\\\\(?<color>[0-9]*)\\\\(?<size>[a-zA-Z0-9-]*(\\\\[.])?)(\\\\)?(?<lenght>(\\["])?[0-9]*(\\["])?)/ixp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
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