use strict;
my $str = '<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Trainee</th>
<th>Status</th>
<th>Invited</th>
<th>Score</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
{{*Trainees}}
<tr>
<td>{{display_name}}</td>
<td>{{status}}</td>
<td>{{invited_date}}</td>
<td>{{percentage}}</td>
<td>Some action button</td>
</tr>
{{/Trainees}}
</tbody>
</table>';
my $regex = qr~{{\*(\w+)}}(.+?){{/\w+}}~sp;
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