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in reply to Re^2: Help with a regular expression for file name parsing
in thread Help with a regular expression for file name parsing

Sigh, the site mangled the code I posted. :-( I guess I've used the wrong tag. Let's try again:

use strict;
use warnings;

while (my $data = <DATA>)
{
    if ($data =~ /\@include/i)
    {
        $data =~ m/\@include\s+('[^']+'|"[^"]+"|.+?(?<!\\))\s/gi;
        my $fname = $1;
        $fname =~ s/\\([rnt'"\\ ])/"qq|\\$1|"/gee;
        $fname =~ s/^"(.*)"$/$1/s or
        $fname =~ s/^'(.*)'$/$1/s;
        print "File name: <$fname>\n";
    }
}

__DATA__
#some "random stuff" @include     "some file" did you parse that?
#more 'random' stuff @include 'another file' you sure?
#and more random stuff @include yet\ another\ file positive?
#@Include file
#    @include        "\"another one\""    hmmm...
# some stuff

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Re^4: Help with a regular expression for file name parsing
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 09, 2011 at 09:35 UTC
    m/\@include\s+('[^']+'|"[^"]+"|.+?(?<!\\))\s/gi;

    Ah. So my regex wasn't so useless to you after all.

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    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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