use strict;
my $str = 'P(EUR)-07 ID003-04V201-63 08JUN10 14C0';
my $regex = qr/(?<ModelCode>\w{1})\((?<CountryCode>\w{3,4})\)\-(?<ModelNumber>\w{2})(\-(?<StackerType>\w{2}))? (?<InterfaceType>ID003\-\d{2})v(?<SoftwareVersion>\d{3}\-\d{2}) (?<SotfwareDate>\w+) (?<Crc>\w{4})/ip;
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