$s=ME170-5/2/8-ME172-5/2/8-ME4028ME172-5/2/8-ME196-5/2/8-ME4002;
while ($s=~m/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2})/g) {++$r;print "$r Found $1:" .(pos($s)-length($1)+1) .$nl;}<br>

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$s=ME170-5/2/8-ME172-5/2/8-ME4028ME172-5/2/8-ME196-5/2/8-ME4002;
while ($s=~m/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2})/g) {++$e;print "$e Found $1:" .($-[1]+1) .$nl;}<br>