use strict;
my $str = 'Vivamus non risus non diam {some-text-here} varius sollicitudin in non dui. Phasellus egestas {some-more-text-here} quis augue eu pharetra. Curabitur rutrum non lectus et aliquam. Fusce quis rutrum magna. Sed at tristique dui, scelerisque tincidunt tortor. Integer a nibh gravida urna pulvinar vehicula. Curabitur ut felis ut mi imperdiet condimentum {and-some-goes-here-too}. Vestibulum sit amet {of-course-here-as-well} diam mi. Quisque diam dui, convallis dapibus suscipit sit amet, auctor in turpis.';
my $regex = qr/(.*?)\{(.*?)\}([^{]*)/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