in reply to parsing with regex

If everything is in a single variable you could do it in one line like
#!perl my $Data=<<HTMLend; <HR> 1 is good<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> <HR> 2 is not good <BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> <HR> 3 is good<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> <HR> 4 is not good <BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> useless data<BR> <HR> HTMLend @Results = grep {$_ =~ /is good/i} split (/<HR>/, $Data); $" = "\n\n"; print "@Results";
Dave