$P2=qr'\s*\s*'xgi; $AmendmentPrefix= qr'BlockAmendment\ [^>]+ >'xgi; $AmendmentSuffix= qr''xgi; $bBlkTx =~ s{ $AmendmentPrefix $P2 (.*?) $AmendmentSuffix } { \n $1 <\/P2>\n<\/lq> }xgi;