use strict;
my $str = 'Valid inputs:
(12345)--
---12)567)
12333
-1-2--3-45
(()))12345
((12345
(-)65768-
(4)1-2-35
Invalid inputs:
26123---
(26)897---
-26333----
26
26(((())
26------
26--345
26)88-76
267-9';
my $regex = qr/^(?!\D*(?:26|555))(?=(?:\D*\d){5}\D*$)[\d()-]{5,10}$/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