Re: Regex help needed

[davido]

print "$+{first} $+{last}\n" 
    if m/^
        (?<last>    [^%]+ ) %
        (?<first>   [^%]+ ) %
        (?<id>    A [^%]+ )
       /x;

Really, the critical component is to use a negated character class to match anythig that is not the delimiter, rather than relying on non-greedy specifications.

If your Perl is old enough to not have named captures, this is equivilent code that is more universally compatible:

print "$2 $1\n"
    if m/^([^%]+)%([^%]+)%(A[^%]+)/;

Update: Added /x and nicer formatting.