use strict;
my $str = ' Line 62: DECLARE @pStrtheColumnName VARCHAR(10)
Line 198: theColumnName VARCHAR(10),
Line 282: INSERT INTO #Temp(theColumnName
Line 297: SELECT P.SomeCol, P.theColumnName, P.OtherColumn, P.AnotherCol,
Line 385: SELECT SomeCol, theColumnName, AnotherCol, ThirdCol,
Line 400: ORDER BY Col1, Col2, theColumnName
Line 404: FETCH NEXT FROM curCMS INTO @pStrCode, @pStrtheColumnName, @pSomeDate,
Line 436: SET @pStrProcessLine = @pStrProcessLine + ISNULL(SUBSTRING(@pStrtheColumnName,1,10), \'\') + @pStrDelimiter
Line 555: FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @pStrCode, @pStrtheColumnName, @pSomeDate,
Line 597: ORDER BY E.SomeDate, E.AnotherDate, E.theColumnName
Line 654: + \'ORDER BY AdmissionDate, DischargeDate, theColumnName\' + @Cr';
my $regex = qr/(theColumnName)[\s\S]*?[\d]+/p;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html