hi Perlers, I am learning perl. Trying to get this code to search for this pattern ABCD-4 in a docx file (the pattern either part of another string or by itself) , but its not working . Please help .

use strict; use warnings;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';

my $file = 'C:\Strawberry\Perl\bin\2test.docx';

my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
$Word->{'Visible'} = 0;
my $doc = $Word->Documents->Open($file) or die "Error opening the docu
+ment!\n";
my $paragraphs = $doc->Paragraphs() ;
my $enumerate = new Win32::OLE::Enum($paragraphs);

while ( defined (my $paragraph = $enumerate->Next()) ) {

    my $words = Win32::OLE::Enum->new( $paragraph->{Range}->{Words} );
        
        while ( defined ( my $word = $words->Next() ) ) {        
            my $text = $word->{Text}; 

##    print "$text \n";               

     if ($text =~ /[A-Z]{4}-[0-9]{1}/){
            $paragraph->Select; 
                my $page_number = $Word->Selection->Information(wdActi
+veEndPageNumber);
                print "Found $text in pg $page_number!\n";          
            }
                }
}

$Word->ActiveDocument->Close ;
$Word->Quit;
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I am using this sample data file

Control HGRF-1(Negotiated), JFHH-1, ECIC-1, ECNK-1
ABDF-4
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But I am getting output as

Control
 HGRF
-
1
(
Negotiated
)
, 
J
FHIH
-
1
... so on
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