push(@found_items, $1) while $data =~ m#\s+((\w+\s*)+)</td>#g; matches NEARLY everything I want. However, it fails to load if a word has a hypen, like: Look-a-hyphen . It also fails if there is a set of paranthesis with numbers and/or letters in it. I need it to match all of these. A few examples of what I need to match.

This is a test
This is a (test)
This is a (test123)
this is a (123)
This-is a test

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Of course my content is dynamic so it won't literally be this, but I need it to match the entire line in $1 before it finds the </td>. In reality, the optional hypens at the end are probably always going to be on the end. But if it's any easier, I guess I could match it anywhere in the string. If it's not easier, I wouldn't worry about it.

2006-04-06 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'help with regex'

In reply to Help constructing a regex that also matches hyphens and parentheses by Anonymous Monk

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