Re: regex (between two words)

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11112687
use warnings;

$_ = 'aaa bbb ccc ddd ccc eee';
my @qqq;
/(aaa.*?ccc)(?{push @qqq, $&})(*F)/g;

print join("\n", @qqq, '');
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Outputs

aaa bbb ccc
aaa bbb ccc ddd ccc
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Re^2: regex (between two words) by nickwest (Initiate) on Feb 09, 2020 at 15:59 UTC
Great! Thank you very much!	[reply]
Re^2: regex (between two words) by LanX (Saint) on Feb 09, 2020 at 21:14 UTC
If there is more than one `aaa` this approach would try to match all possible combination intervals, right? Not sure if the OP only wants to start from the first `aaa` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: regex (between two words) by tybalt89 (Monsignor) on Feb 09, 2020 at 23:23 UTC
All possible combinations, yes. This solution is correct because it passes all the provided test cases. (hehehe)	[reply]


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