regex - match anything until

[John]

Hi

Let's say I have a string:

Ann ddsddfdf;,f,ef.we;r,asfdfdsff Bob dasd,@d&asdasodkasm,das Charles

=~ m |Ann([.]+)Bob([.]+)Charles|

I'm trying to extract the two strings between the 3 names.

It doesn't work. What is the construct for 'anything until the string Bob'

Regards
John

 

[John]

Ann ddsddfdf;,f,ef.we;r,asfdfdsff Bob dasd,@d&asdasodkasm,das
Charles

=~ m |Ann([.]+)Bob([.]+)Charles|

^ ^ ^ ^
^ ^ ^ ^ dot is not meta when in a character class

I'm trying to extract the two strings between the 3 names.

It doesn't work.

Remove the square brackets.

What is the construct for 'anything until the string Bob'

/(.*)Bob/s

The construct for 'anything except newline until the string Bob' is:

/(.*)Bob/

Many thanks. I can see my mistake.

Regards
John