use strict;
my $str = 'Here is my Text which
I now have *starred* the words which i would like accounted for"
I would like the end result to be Lines 3 Words 6.
Python Regular expression **rules** have me trying things that
I have listed below. All of them are usable but I would like
To understand how to customize it for **production** to use.';
my $regex = qr/(?:[a-z]+(?:(?!\n)[^a-z])+){3}((?=(?:(?![aeiou])[a-z])*[aeiou](?:(?![aeiou])[a-z])*[^a-z](*SKIP)(?!)|)[a-z]+)/ip;
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