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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# Copyright 2011 Kevin Ryde

# This file is part of Perl-Critic-Pulp.
#
# Perl-Critic-Pulp is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
# by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Perl-Critic-Pulp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with Perl-Critic-Pulp.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# use strict;
my $char = '"';
my $search = qr/^(.*?(?<!\\)(?:\\\\)*$char)/;

my $str = q{\\\\\\\\\\s"  };

if ($str =~ $search) {
  print "match\n";
  print "$1\n";
  print "$2\n";
  print "$3\n";
} else {
  print "no match\n";
}