[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a string similar to:
> Comment: FILING
>
****-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-****
>
> This is read in as one line (with the page feed).
> I was trying to whatever follows the words and I tried this.
Trying to remove?
>
> if (/(\w+:?\s*\w*:?)+(.*?\*+\s*-+\s*\*+\s*$)/) {
^^
This is no good.
> s/$2//;
> }
>
Would something like this do the trick?
$_ = $1 if /((\s*\w+:?)+)/;
This captures "Comment: FILING"
HTH
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