use strict;
my $str = 'Sample text
A selection of students from Riverdale High and Hogwarts took part in a quiz. This is a record of their scores.
School = Riverdale High
Grade = 1
Student number, Name
0, Phoebe
1, Rachel
Student number, Score
0, 3
1, 7
Grade = 2
Student number, Name
0, Angela
1, Tristan
2, Aurora
Student number, Score
0, 6
1, 3
2, 9
School = Hogwarts
Grade = 1
Student number, Name
0, Ginny
1, Luna
Student number, Score
0, 8
1, 7
Grade = 2
Student number, Name
0, Harry
1, Hermione
Student number, Score
0, 5
1, 10
Grade = 3
Student number, Name
0, Fred
1, George
Student number, Score
0, 0
1, 0
';
my $regex = qr/^
School\s*=\s*(?P<school_name>.+)
(?P<school_content>[\s\S]+?)
(?=^School|\Z)/mxp;
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