#!/usr/bin/perl use Data::Dumper; use strict; use warnings; use v5.10; local $/; my $code_s=; while ($code_s !~ m{\G$}cg) { if ($code_s =~ m{\G^(\s*###+.*\n)}cgm) { # $1 is a Smart Comment upto and including the \n warn Data::Dumper->Dump([\$1],[qw(*1)]).' '; # Since the \n was captured we don't need to bump pos($code_s) #pos($code_s)++; } elsif ($code_s =~ m{\G((?:.*$)*)(?!\s*###+)}cgm) { #!!!!! # $1 only captures a single line # why not multiple lines complete with their \n? warn Data::Dumper->Dump([\$1],[qw(*1)]).' '; pos($code_s)++; } else { my $pos=pos($code_s); my $residue=substr($code_s,$pos); die 'WTF:\n'.Data::Dumper->Dump([\$pos,\$residue],[qw(*pos *residue)]); }; }; exit; __END__ no ### yes # ### no no no #### yes