What does this PERL statement mean in english?

if(/^TO\|WORK(GI_|A_|_)([^|]*)\|.*/)





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What does this PERL statement mean in english?
This is a regular expression and if you really want to use them it is best to read up on it





http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/...





if(/^TO\|WORK(GI_|A_|_)([^|]*)\|.*/)





Match a string that starts with "TO|WORK" and is followed by either "GI_", "A_", or "_" then zero or more characters that do not contain a '|' character then a '|' character followed by anything else.





So "TO|WORKGI_SOMETHING|ELSE" would match this Regular Expression.
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