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  • All Tokens
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  • 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 = '---: 150602000006S TS : 150602000006S EC1: 02429.523 EC2: 05604.110 EP1: 05220.031 EP2: 02058.743 TI : 0001 PC : 0002.41 PP : 0000.00 GC : 150602000000S 04695.446 --- ---: 150602010006S TS : 150602010006S EC1: 02429.523 EC2: 05606.848 EP1: 05220.031 EP2: 02058.743 TI : 0001 PC : 0004.52 PP : 0000.00 GC : 150602010000S 04695.446 --- ---: 150602020007S TS : 150602020007S EC1: 02429.523 EC2: 05609.839 EP1: ---: 150602020007S TS : 150602020007S EC1: 02429.523 EC2: 05609.839 EP1: 05220.031 EP2: 02058.743 TI : 0001 PC : 0002.32 PP : 0000.00 GC : 150602020000S 04695.446 ---'; my $regex = qr/---: ([0-9SW]+)\n(([A-Z0-9 ]{3,3}): ([0-9SW]+ )?([0-9\.SW]{3,})\n){9}---/msp; 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