Hi gopal, There is a problem if the input string is my $line = "<select name=\"url><23\" style=\"width><A125px\" >"; .But i think a slight modification to your previous answer will do the job then #$line =~ m#<([^">]+(?:"[^"]+")*)*[^>]+>#; IS there any problem.Also provide me an asnwer for the question about <!--->--->thing