use strict;
my $str = 'SUBCONTRACTOR NAME Invoice
PO Box 000 Date Invoice #
CITY, STATE 11111 7/15/2020 34825
email@addre.ess.com
Bill To
Company Name
Jill Sample Name
2 A Road Name Ct
A Town, SS 11111
P.O. No. Terms Project
Due on receipt
Item Description Est Amt Prior Amt Prior % Qty Rate Curr % Total % Amount
42.00 1 42.00T
15 C Su... Summer Application 42.00 100.00% 100.00%
* Fertilizer
* Broadleaf weed control
Total before discounts and sales 126.00 33.33% 33.33% 42.00
tax
Subtotal $42.00
Sales Tax (0.0%) $0.00
Total
Payments/Credits $42.00
$0.00
Balance Due
$42.00
';
my $regex = qr/^ +([\w+ ]+)|(\$\d+\.\d+)/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