OK, I've been at this problem for at least an hour and I am starting to get very frustrated. I've got a random HTML table in a string and I want to change the width dimension of the table to 300 pixels using the s/// operator. I require that it work with a table that fails to use quotes, and that the original dimension can be in pixels or percentage. Here's the closest I've come so far: 
$rep_contact_info =~ s/(<\s*table.*?width\s*=\s*"*).*?("*.*?>)/{$1}300
+{$2}/si;

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But it results in the following bad output: 
{<table width="}300{620" border="0">}

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Obviously, I'm having problems replacing the original dimension. I'm also having problems with those brackets showing up which I though were metacharacters. Another pair of more experienced eyeballs on this problem will be much appreciated. Thanks.

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