From 9f2324bd97b869f920cd1f168dc1fe83acb814c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart <stuartthomas25@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:02:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Strip appendix content from tex file

Added regex to strip appendix content from the tex file. This is relevant for the new "End Matter" allowed for PRL
---
 texprlcount.pl | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/texprlcount.pl b/texprlcount.pl
index f5b397a..80838f8 100755
--- a/texprlcount.pl
+++ b/texprlcount.pl
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ (&@)
 # We strip comments from the tex file
 $texfile =~ s/[^\\]%[^\n]*//g;
 
+# Strip appendix
+$texfile =~ s/\\appendix.*?\\end\{document\}/\\end\{document\}/sg;
+
 # We count the number of characters in the abstract
 my $abstract;
 ($abstract) = $texfile =~ /\\begin\{abstract\}(.*?)\\end\{abstract\}/s;