use strict;
my $str = '-0.48 D
-1.00 D
-2,000.00 D
-100,000.56 D
-100,000.00 D
-1,123,456.43 D
-1,123,456,000,000.43 D
-10,123,456,000,000.43 D
-1,123,456.43 C
-3,000,62.45 D
-03,000.45 D
-.23 D
0.23 C
1.00 C
2,000.00 C
100,000.56 C
100,000.00 C
1,123,456.43 C
1,123,456,000,000.43 C
10,123,456,000,000.43 C
';
my $regex = qr/^(?=-.*D$|\d.*C$)-?(?=(?:\d,?){1,13}\.)(?:0|[1-9]\d{0,2}(?:,\d{3})*)\.\d{2} [DC]$/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