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Effect of Regex Modifiers
Having changed m to s and replaced the \s with .*, I'm now getting results - but too many of them. Instead of stopping after two line sof the file the script is searching it matches everything to the end of the file. The file being searched basically consists of questios and answers following... -
Effect of Regex Modifiers
Thanks for that. So if the m means multiple lines, there is no need to ad anything to the search to ensure that it searches over two lines (i.e the lines are consecutive and seperated by a newline)? -
Effect of Regex Modifiers
In the line if ($line =~ m@ <SOME STUFF TO MATCH>.*\s.*<SOME MORE STUFF TO MATCH>.*$@mg) what does the \s and .*$@mg actualy mean/do? I think it should search a string for some stuff on one line, then skip to the next line and look for some other stuff, but it doesnt seem to do anything.
