Popcorn Dave, Thanks... I will try that... I just added a lot of prints to Element.pm to see what is going on. I will try your method tomorrow :) Thanks... This is what I have done. The format of Element.pm looks similar to code I use to work with at a former job. 
sub find_by_ktag_name {
  my(@pile) = shift(@_); # start out the to-do stack for the traverser
  Carp::croak "find_by_created_tag_name can be called only as an objec
+t method"
   unless ref $pile[0];
  return() unless @_;
  print "pile is @pile\n";

  my(@tags) = $pile[0]->_fold_case(@_);

  print "tags are @tags\n";

  my(@matching, $this, $this_tag);
  while(@pile) {
    $this_tag = ($this = shift @pile)->{'_tag'};

    print "In while loop.  this_tag is $this_tag\n";

    foreach my $t (@tags) {
      print "foreach going through elements of tag.  Elements are t an
+d t is $t\n";
      print "next step will check to see if t is eq to this_tag. this_
+tag is $this_tag\n";
      if($t eq $this_tag) {
        print "inside of if... t and this_tag are equal.\n";
        if(wantarray) {
          print "I am here if  wantarray is true.  Now push this onto 
+array matching\n";
          push @matching, $this;
          print "matching is @matching\n";
          last;
        } else {
          print "wantarray not true, returning this $this\n";
          return $this;
        }
      }
    }
    unshift @pile, grep ref($_), @{$this->{'_content'} || next};
  }
  print "returning @matching if wantarray\n";
  return @matching if wantarray;
  return;
}

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My print statements showed me that there is a library of predefined tags. If I can add my own tags, I think it will work :) I will also try your method. Tackling this is sort of fun. some output: 
next step will check to see if t is eq to this_tag. this_tag is a
In while loop.  this_tag is a
next step will check to see if t is eq to this_tag. this_tag is font
next step will check to see if t is eq to this_tag. this_tag is br

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In reply to Re^2: HTML parsing OR capturing text from a string within tags by kevyt
in thread HTML parsing OR capturing text from a string within tags by kevyt

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