That didn't work for the following: 
<a href="http://foo.com">bar</a>
<a href="index.html">index</a>
Maybe i am missing something, but i think that the regex you use to 'remove all HTML tags' isn't working the way you think it should. Here is how i would do it: 
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;

my @link;
my @data = <DATA>;
for (@data) {
  my ($url,$label) = $_ =~ /href\s*=\s*"([^"]+)"\s*>([^<]+)/;
  next unless $url and $label;
  push @link, [$url,$label];
}

print Dumper \@link;

__DATA__
<a href="http://foo.com">bar</a>
<a href="index.html">index</a>

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But i would NEVER use that in any serious code (it has its limitations - only one link per line). I would use a module. Now, why people think that writing code to bypass using a module (that has already been tested and used by many, many people around the world) is a 'good thing' elludes me. Is it because you don't have permission? Then please read A Guide to Installing Modules - there is no excuse.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Pretty cool link extractor. by jeffa
in thread Pretty cool link extractor. by DigitalKitty

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