if ($HTML =~ m{
	    245\d{0,2}  # MARC code 245 followed by 0-2 indicators
	    .*?         # followed by anything, ungreedy
	    \|a\s       # followed by a pipe and the subfield
	    (.*?)       # followed by the title, 
                        # which can be anything, ungreedy
	    (?:\||<)    # followed by a pipe and the next subfield
                        # or, if no subfield, an opening HTML tag bracket
	}xmgs) {
	    $title = MARC::Field->new('245','','', 'a' => "$1");
	}
	else {
            $title = MARC::Field->new('245','','', 'a' => "field does not exist");
	}