Re: regex across multiple lines

[frankus]

in reply to regex across multiple lines

$/=undef;
$_=<DATA>;
s/([^\n]*printf.*?printf.*?\n)[^\n]*\n/$1/gs;
print;
__DATA__
This line has a printf and is
multiline
This line has printf and is one line
This line will not be printed

Based upon the test data provided, this works.
Are we to assume that the multiline is a multiline printf function?,
if so surely the line ends with a ';'?

More information please.

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Brother Frankus.

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[mndoci]

You were quite right. That was the real problem and of course resolved in a similar way to what was suggested. I was curious about the possiblity of solving the problem if I had been provided a file with no ';'. It appears that the question in itself is unsound.

Regards

mndoci

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