use strict;
my $str = '#Matches
901-50-9999
901519999
901-52-9999
901-53-9999
901629999
901-65-9999
901-75-9999
901-85-9999
901-92-9999
#No matches
901-66-9999
801-65-9999
901-89-9999
901-93-9999';
my $regex = qr/(9\d{2})([ \-]?)(5\d|6[0-5]|7\d|8[0-8]|9[0-2,4-9])([ \-]?)(\d{4})/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