If STF1A and STF3A are the only two strings you'll ever want to match you might consider changing it to this: 
m|<a href=(.*?)>(STF1A|STF3A)</a>|

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But that won't necessarily address why it isn't matching. If the urls you're parsing are broken on multiple lines like that you'll need to add the 's' modifier so that the .*? will match newlines as well: 
m|<a href=(.*?)>(STF1A|STF3A)</a>|

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HTH

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Retreive, modify, & display webpage by AidanLee
in thread Retreive, modify, & display webpage by Sang

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