use strict;
my $str = 'var conn_down=" 13.35 Mbps";
var conn_up=" 0.82 Mbps";
var line_down=" 34.60 dB";
var line_up=" 19.70 dB";
var noise_down=" 6.10 dB";
var noise_up=" 6.50 dB";
var sys_uptime="74523";
var lan_status="Link up";
var lan_txpkts="1294024";
var lan_rxpkts="2256747";
var lan_collisions="0";
var lan_txbs="10004";
var lan_rxbs="35259";
var lan_systime="74523";';
my $regex = qr/(\w+)=\"\s*(.*?)(?:\sMbps|\sdB)?\"/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