Don't you just wish that repeat counts would repeat enclosed captures? Then you could use
m[
( ^ [^(:]+ )
(?:
(?: \( ( \d+ ) \) )?
:
(?: .*? \( ( [^)]+ ) \) ){1,}
.*
)?
$
]x;
to grab repetative elements instead of having to do
(or rather not do) things with built in limits, like this.
#! perl -slw
use strict;
while( <DATA> ) {
chomp;
my @bits = grep{ defined }
m[
( ^ [^(:]+ )
(?:
(?: \( ( \d+ ) \) )?
:
(?:
.*?
\( ( [^)]+ ) \)
(?:
.*?
\( ( [^)]+ ) \)
(?:
.*?
\( ( [^)]+ ) \)
(?:
.*?
\( ( [^)]+ ) \)
)?
)?
)?
)?
.*
)?
$
]x;
print join'/', @bits;
}
=Output
P:\test>junk
OFF
SUCCESS/abc
ERROR/1/27/11:03
WARNING/1
TEST/255/this/that/the other/and this
=cut
__DATA__
OFF
SUCCESS: (abc)
ERROR(1): disk number (27) crashed at (11:03)
WARNING(1): system is rebooting
TEST(255): (this) (that) (the other) (and this) (but not this)
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