use strict;
my $str = 'qsdf4ghjk dfdf dfd 4fdfd3 d
4444
but not 4444
4444
333
44444.4444
2222
1
2.
3
555
6.6.7
44.5.
4.5.6.
4.5.6.7
44.44.6.4
12.12.12.12
dddd
this is a test of 3.4 and 3.4.5 and 3.4.5.6 and 33.44.55.66
hopefully something is learnded. qsdf4ghjk,
2.4.5.6.7 is here but at the beginning lets\'s put
2.3.5.7 but not 2.4.6.7. No space 2.4.6.7 .
3.5.6.7.
3.3.3
44
3.3.3.3
4.5.6.7.8 and more';
my $regex = qr/(^\d{1,2}+\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}$)/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