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in thread REGEX for url

Any possibilities for why that would not work on my end? Maybe something that a rookie would do that an expert would not, or vice versa? Thank you for your time!

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Re^5: REGEX for url
by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 25, 2016 at 21:19 UTC
    This version is a little more robust - it works in both cases - with or without setting "$/".

    It can also handle multiple URL's. 

    use strict;
use warnings;

$/="</html>";

for(<DATA>){
  print"$1\n"  while  /a href="(.*)"/g;
}
__DATA__
  <td scope="row">9</td>
            <td scope="row">SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT</td>
            <td scope="row"><a href="/Archives/edgar/data/1050122/0000
+92735601000365/0000927356-01-00­0365-

0009.txt">0009.txt</a></­td>
            <td scope="row">EX-21.1</td>
<td scope="row"><a href="/Another/URL/here.html">0009.txt</a></­td>

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Re^5: REGEX for url
by ExReg (Priest) on Apr 25, 2016 at 22:07 UTC

    Not able to check it on my machine, but wouldn't a /s be helpful here to be able to pass over the newlines?

    print if s/.*a href="(.*)".*/$1/s;
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