$singular_noun # scalar @plural_noun # array $singular_noun{specific} # hash, element sub verb{ ... } # subroutine #### my $pb = HTML::TokeParser->new(\$content); my $regex = '^\d+$'; LABEL: while($pb->get_tag('b', '/b')){ my $tb = $pb->get_text(); $foo = $tb; last LABEL if $tb =~ /$regex/; }