Hello
I download a web page that includes data used and remaining data for a mobile connection.
I want to find the two values and convert them from strings to values.

A snippet of the html page is: 
<span class="remaining-data">54MB used</span>
<span class="expires-data-right-align">1.44GB remaining</span>

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I use the regex to get a matching substring with the 1st value within 
  (my $DataUsed) = $stgUsed =~ /"remaining-data">([+-]?(\d*\.)?\d+)(MB
+|GB) used/;  # trying to get just the digits.
  (my $unit) = $stgUsed =~ /(MB|GB)/;  # match either MB or GB
  if ( $unit eq "GB"){  $DataUsed *= 1000; }

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The output in $stgUsed is what I expect: 
  DB<5> x $stgUsed
0  'class="remaining-data">315MB'

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In want to capture just the number (315) and the units (MB) but $DataUsed in undef.
I have tried using $1,$2 ... but they are undef as well.

How to I get the digits substring and the MB/GB substring????

Dazz

In reply to Regex problem by dazz

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