Hi Perl Monks, I have a regular expression issue that I am having trouble with. I am writing a script that underlines and bolds string text based on the users search phrase. I have this code already but I need to change it so that it does NOT change it for text that are with the following HTML tags: 
<a href="/............/...></a>

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foreach(loop through each $word in search phrase) {
   $answer =~ s/$word/<b><u>$word<\/u><\/b>/g;
}

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Any tips or information would be greatly appreciated. Perl noob

Edit: g0n - OP has edited node, removing context of some of the replies. Original content follows:

Hi Perl Monks, I have a regular expression issue that I am having trouble with. I am writing a script that underlines and bolds string text based on the users search phrase. I have this code already but I need to change it so that it does NOT change it for text that are in html tags. 

foreach(loop through each $word in search phrase) {
   $answer =~ tr/$word/<b><u>$word</u></b>;
}

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Any tips or information would be greatly appreciated. Perl noob

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