use strict;
my $str = '1:nlcbjduy14 <- I want regex to find this one
2:Peoples123 <- I don\'t want regex to find this one, as it has 3 digits.
3:sqourzyr17 <- I want regex to find this one
4:rdmaszgr94 <- I want regex to find this one
5:tnwiudic22 <- I want regex to find this one
6:zfcxmkrs21 <- I want regex to find this one
7:xrwhsgno55 <- I want regex to find this one
8:modtwtrr06 <- I want regex to find this one
9:People123 <- I don\'t want regex to find this one, as it is isn\'t 10 chars long and it consists of 3 digits.
10:aetmyqqh52 <- I want regex to find this one
11:Howtocodelikeapro12 <- I don\'t want regex to find this one, as it is isn\'t 10 chars long
12:netphvib58 <- I want regex to find this one
13:uwyiqhoj29 <- I want regex to find this one
14:RegexJustiIsntDoingItForMe
15:qyeiaecj27 <- I want regex to find this one
16:buttercake <- I don\'t want regex to find this one, as it doesn\'t end with 2 digits.
17:bcyiyjdm23 <- I want regex to find this one
18:Differings <- I don\'t want regex to find this one, as it doesn\'t end with 2 digits.';
my $regex = qr/\W([A-Za-z]{8}\d{2})\W/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