use strict;
my $str = '12,\'\',\',\'\'\',123
123,2.99,AMO024,Title,\'Description, more info\',,123987564';
my $regex = qr/# Only include if previous char was start of string or delimiter
(?<=^|,)
(?:
# 1st option: empty quoted string (,'',)
'{2}
|
# 2nd option: nothing (,,)
(?:)
|
# 3rd option: all but quoted strings (,123,)
# (included linebreaks to allow multiline matching)
[^,'\r\n]+
|
# 4th option: quoted strings (,'123''321',)
# start pling
'
(?:
# double quote
'{2}
|
# or anything but quotes
[^']+
# at least one occurance - greedy
)+
# end pling
'
)
# Only include if next char is delimiter or end of string
(?=,|$)/xmp;
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