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copied!<p>Perl allows a regular expression to match multiple times with the "g" switch past the end. Each individual match can then be looped over, as described in the Global Matching subsection of the <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlretut.html#Using-regular-expressions-in-Perl" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Using Regular Expressions in Perl section of the Perl Regex Tutorial</a>:</p> <pre><code>while(/(x(?<foo>.))+/g){ say "&: ", $&; say "foo: ", $+{foo}; } </code></pre> <p>This will produce an iterated list:</p> <pre><code>&: xa foo: a &: xb foo: b &: xc foo: c </code></pre> <p>Which still isn't what you want, but it's really close. Combining a global regex (/g) with you previous local regex probably will do it. Generally, make a capturing group around your repeated group, then re-parse just that group with a global regex that represents just a single iteration of that group, and iterate over it or use it as a list.</p> <p>It looks like a question fairly similar to this one- at least in answer, if not forumlation- has been answered by someone much more competent at Perl than I: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/467800/is-there-a-perl-equivalent-of-pythons-re-findall-re-finditer-iterative-regex-re">"Is there a Perl equivalent of Python's re.findall/re.finditer (iterative regex results)?"</a> You might want to check the answers for that as well, with more details about the proper use of global regexes. (Perl isn't my language, I just have an unhealthy appreciation for regular expressions.)</p>

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