use strict;
my $str = 'no_money_letter = """
Hey Boss:
Just so you know, I did all the crimes. Like 100 of them. So many crimes.
We should probably delete this e-mail before we get sued.
xoxoxo,
Lackey.
"""
invoice = """
Crime, INC.
For services rendered:
Tax Fraud 100.00
Price-fixing 9.99
Insider trading 20.00
TOTAL 129.99
"""
money_letter = """
Dear Boss:
Remember all those crimes I\'ve committed? They made the firm $1,280,012.05. Maybe a raise?
xoxoxo,
Lackey
"""';
my $regex = qr/\d*,?\d*,?\d{0,3}\.\d\d/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