in pdf files evidently there are two different ways one may specify the 'length' operator
sometimes one sees; \Length while at other times, the letter L is sufficient; \L i am wanting to do a pattern match for a line of data in a pdf file where i am looking to match EITHER \L or \Length is there a way that using ONE pattern match I can say achieve something like this? in pseudo code: $record =~ /'Length' | 'L'/ (where the precedence would be towards the first thing matched, in this case, 'Length') the only example ive seen which uses the or operator (|), shows this working for a single character only, as in: $record =~ /a|b/ ive never seen an example quite like what I would like to do... if it cant be currently done, perhaps a future enhancement to regex could be in order, by adding a new enclosing 'literal delimiter', something like this could one day work (forgive me here, im just thinking outside of the box - only as i dont know any better); $record =~ /'Length' | 'L'/ thanks for helping me with my understanding of this. sincerely, greg
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