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Everybody expects the extract_* subroutines to act like: 

    $text =~ /extractor/    # i.e. match anywhere in the string

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even though they're clearly documented (and fully intended) to act like: 
    $text =~ /\G extractor/gc    # i.e. match at current pos in string

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If you want to match heterogeneous input, what you really want is the extract_multiple subroutine. Like this: 
    use Text::Balanced ':ALL';

    my $text = "this is a test <B>for</B> tags! \n";
    my @data = extract_multiple( $text, [ \&extract_tagged ]);

    use Data::Dumper 'Dumper';
    print Dumper [ @data ];

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Notes:
  1. Your original example had <B>for</b>, which extract_tagged's case-sensitive default tag pattern wouldn't recognize anyway.

  2. The other monks are correct, you'd be much better off with one of the many HTML:: modules on the CPAN ( HTML::TreeBuilder is my personal favorite).

In reply to Re: Text::Balanced woes.. by TheDamian
in thread Text::Balanced woes.. by u914

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