my $tag = 'div class=\\042mytitle maximumtitle\\042 id=\\042idtitle042'; my $match = $tree->find($tag); if ($match) { # Found it! print "Found tag '$tag' ...\n"; print " As text: ", $match->as_text, "\n"; print " As text: ", $match->as_HTML, "\n"; } else { print "Unable to find tag '$tag'\n"; }