if ( $form_dump_after =~ m{(<li>average_)(.*?)(</li>)}s ) {
        $inside_li = "average_".$2;
        print $fh "Value of \$inside_li: \n$inside_li \n";
    }

##</code><code>##

average_speed_answer  25 60 30 60 ^M<br />
 calls_waiting  300 500 300 500 ^M<br />
 many more rows here
 post_ivr_calls_handled Wisconsin 50 100 50 100 ^M<br />
 post_ivr_calls_handled Wyoming 50 100 50 100 ^M<br />