use strict;
my $str = 'START TERMINAL USER ENQUIRER TERMINAL IP
========================================================================================================================
29/05/17 1227 A999 CA75849 8875849 OCBA NCPS RBC/12/1960
SEARCH REF NAME : DOE/JOHN PAGE CODE =
DATE OF BIRTH : / /1988
========================================================================================================================
29/05/17 1424 A999 CA75849 8875849 OCBA NCPS RBC/60/2111
SEARCH REF NAME : SMITH/SIMON/PETER CHAPTER CODE =
DATE OF BIRTH : / /1967
========================================================================================================================';
my $regex = qr/(?<Date>\d{2}\/\d{2}\/\d{2}) (?<Time>\d{4}) +(?<Terminal>A\d{3}) +(?<Enquirer>C[A-Z0-9]+)/mp;
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