use strict;
my $str = '3
999
-3
0
0.0
1.0
0.1
.01
-0.0000000000000000000000000000000001
2e3
-2e3
2e-3
-2e-3
1.0e0
0.1e1
.01e-1
0.1
';
my $regex = qr/\s*(?=.*[1-9])\d*(?:\.\d{1,2})?\s*/p;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/ ) {
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