Re: Matching string, then getting next line

in reply to Matching string, then getting next line

It would be worth trying a slightly different approach to the problem. You have mentioned that your content is coming from a file, it would be easier to work with the file itself line by line, look for the match and then do something with the next line. e.g.

while (<MYFILE>){
    chomp; #remove line feed
    if (/do the match here/) {
        my $nextLine = <MYFILE>;
        # do stuff with the next line here.
    }
}
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This reads the content of the file handle, line by line placing each line into the default $_ variable. You can test to see if you have a match and then take another line from the file.

If you have all of your content in a list then you can substitute the reading of a line from the file with a shift of a line form the list.

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