my @msg = <DATA>;
my $msg = join("", @msg);

my $f = _extractInfoFromMsg($msg);

my %f = %$f;
print 'NEW TICKET NUMBER: ' . $f{TICKET_NUMBER} . "\n";
print 'OLD TICKET NUMBER: ' . $f{OLD_TICKET_NUMBER} . "\n";
print '     MESSAGE TYPE: ' . $f{MESSAGE_TYPE} . "\n";
print '        LEAD TIME: ' . $f{LEAD_TIME} . "\n";

sub _extractInfoFromMsg {
  $_ = shift;
  my %fields;
  
  $_ =~ /TICKET NUMBER-+\[(.*?)\]/;
  $fields{TICKET_NUMBER} = $1;
  
  $_ =~ /OLD TICKET NUMBER-+\[(.*?)\]/;
  $fields{OLD_TICKET_NUMBER} = $1;
  
  $_ =~ /MESSAGE TYPE-+\[(.*?)\]\s+LEAD TIME-+\[(.*?)\]/;
  $fields{MESSAGE_TYPE} = $1;
  $fields{LEAD_TIME} = $2;
  
  return \%fields;
}


__DATA__
TICKET NUMBER--[051580160]
OLD TICKET NUM-[051540724]  

MESSAGE TYPE---[NORMAL] LEAD TIME--[72] PREPARED-------[06/07/05]

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produces 

D:\user\punkish>test.pl
NEW TICKET NUMBER: 051580160
OLD TICKET NUMBER: 051580160
     MESSAGE TYPE: NORMAL
        LEAD TIME: 72

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instead of 

NEW TICKET NUMBER: 051580160
OLD TICKET NUMBER: 051540724
     MESSAGE TYPE: NORMAL
        LEAD TIME: 72

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What is the obvious stupid thing that I am doing here? That is, why is the OLD TICKET NUMBER not correct?

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