1. Sometimes, using multiple regexen is easier or clearer than trying to do all the work with one (more complex) regex
  2. Captures the first element OP wanted; also perhaps somewhat easier to read.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.016;
# 1027211
use Data::Dumper;

my @info;
my $info = '19476 2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293 host:internal.machine44.c
+ompany.net main INFO Running normally with ACTION=<processing> FAN_A=
+<OK> FAN_B=<OK> SEND=<Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmissi
+on channel)> FAILURE=<2> ';

if ($info =~ /\d+\s(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d,\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d+) / ) { # ex
+cessively detailed.
    push @info, $1;                                               # A 
+well written  
                                                                  # ch
+ar_class would be 
                                                                  # an
+ improvement, as
}                                                                 # wu
+d using quantifiers

while ( $info=~ /(\w+=<.*?)>/g) {
    push @info, $1;
}

say Dumper @info;

[download]
output: 
$VAR1 = '2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293';
$VAR2 = 'ACTION=<processing';
$VAR3 = 'FAN_A=<OK';
$VAR4 = 'FAN_B=<OK';
$VAR5 = 'SEND=<Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission chann
+el)';
$VAR6 = 'FAILURE=<2';

[download]

If you didn't program your executable by toggling in binary, it wasn't really programming!

In reply to Re: Some assistance with splitting variables by ww
in thread Some assistance with splitting variables by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.