use strict;
my $str = '{APIDETAILS=FOO, BAR, SING, RUN, OP1/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING}
{APIDETAILS=FOO, OP1/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING}
{APIDETAILS=FOO, O.P.OP3/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING}
{APIDETAILS=FOO, OP.PO.OP4/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING}
{OP1/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, APIDETAILS=FOO}
{OP1/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, APIDETAILS=FOO, SING, BAR}
{OP1/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP1/OPSUB2/RESULT=SOMETHING, OP2/OPSUB1/RESULT=SOMETHING, APIDETAILS=FOO, BAR, SING';
my $regex = qr~APIDETAILS=(.*?)(?=}|,\s*\S+=|$)~p;
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