use strict;
my $str = '\\starttable[|lp(0.08\\textwidth)|lp(0.35\\textwidth)|lp(0.48\\textwidth)|lp(0.08\\textwidth)|]
\\HL
\\NC Req. Id
\\NC Description
\\NC Test Scenario
\\NC Result
\\NC\\AR
\\HL
\\NC TAF-89
\\NC Trigger test start - from jig
\\NC
\\NC Unavailable
\\NC\\AR
\\NC TAF-88
\\NC Trigger test start - using scanner
\\NC
\\NC Unavailable
\\NC\\AR
\\HL';
my $regex = qr/\\starttable[\s\S]*?\HL[\s\S]*?\HL/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