use strict;
my $str = '.class-n {
}
/* I want to select everything but these comments */
.class-1 {
font-family: \'SourceCodePro\';
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 18px;
}
/* I want to select everything but these comments */
.class-2 {
background-color: rgb(40, 40, 40);
border: 1px solid rgb(20, 20, 20);
padding: 10px 15px 10px 15px;
}
/* Single line */
/* Multiline
Comment */
Some text here';
my $regex = qr/\/\*[^*]*\*+([^\/*][^*]*\*+)*\//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