use strict;
my $str = 'aa = 100
bb=100
s=2
a90=0
a91 =0
a92 = 0
app = Mgr()
app2 = mary()
app3 = mary(x=2)
# below should NOT match
# a = 100
hello there
fred(xx=100)
def mary(xx=100)
77=0
88 = 0
a93 == 0
a94 0
a95 0 =
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
';
my $regex = qr/^([a-zA-Z]+\w*)[ \t]*=(?!=).+/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