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in reply to Re: A regex that only matches at offset that are multiples of a given N?
in thread A regex that only matches at offset that are multiples of a given N?

wish it were so simple:

$a = join'',map{ ('a'..'z')[rand 26] } 1 .. 1000;; print "$-[0]: $1" while $a =~ m[(?:.{4})*(?=(aa..))]g;; 0: aawx 404: aawx 405: aadz 481: aadz print "$-[0]: $1" while $a =~ m[(?:.{4})*(?=(gg..))]g;; 0: gghn 208: gghn 211: ggyj 955: ggyj

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