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basic-regex-26-xModifier.pl / pl



  #!/usr/bin/perl -w
  use strict;
  print "This matches a US Zip code.\n";
  print "Enter a test string here: ";
  my myTestString = <STDIN>;
  chomp(myTestString);
  if (myTestString =~
      m/\d{5} # Match five numeric digits
      (-\d{4})? # Optionally match a hyphen followed by four numeric digits
      /x)
  {
   print "There was a match which was '&'.";
  }
  else
  {
   print "There was no match.";
  }


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