HTML::TreeBuilder might be overkill for what you need, but it's simple: 
use HTML::TreeBuilder;
use strict;  # examples aren't exempt!!!

my $parser = new HTML::TreeBuilder;
$parser->parse($html_code_from_elsewhere);

my @links = $parser->look_down('_tag' => 'a');
foreach my $link (@links) {
   my $href = $link->attr('href');
   my $descr = $link->content->[0];  # Assumes only simple text conten
+ts
}
$parser->delete();

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In reply to Re: Using HTTP::LinkExtor to get URL and description info by OracleJedi
in thread Using HTTP::LinkExtor to get URL and description info by Popcorn Dave

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