This code will help you do the job you want: 
#!usr/bin/perl

my $html = <<'HTML';
<li><a class="style5" href="http://www.site.com/page.html">
 some words here</a>
- <a class="style3" href="http://www.site.com/page2.html">
"some words here"</a> 
</li>
HTML

my $regex = qr{
   <a
       \s+
       class\s*=\s*"style5"
       \s+
       href\s*=\s*[\"\'] [^\"\']+ [\"\']\s*>        #first href (not c
+aptured)
           \s*([^<>]+?)\s*                 #text inside first <a></a> 
+(captured)
       </a>\s*
       -\s*
   <a
       \s+
       class\s*=\s*"style3"
       \s+
       href\s*=\s*[\"\'] ([^\"\']+) [\"\']\s*>      #second href (not 
+captured)
           \s*([^<>]+?)\s*                 #text inside second <a></a>
+ (captured)
       </a>
}xi;

$html =~ /$regex/;
print join "\n", $1, $2, $3, "";

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Just modify the style names in the qr'ed regex and use it.

But if you want something more than a one-time solution for a very certain case, it'll be better to study HTML parsing modules mentioned in the comment above.

In reply to Re: 3 capture multi line regex by Ieronim
in thread 3 capture multi line regex by Anonymous Monk

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