I have a Text widget ($text) that contains text that I've read in from a file. It looks something like this:
...
I need to find all the circles, grab their names, and put them into an array (to then be read into a tree widget, but that's another topic). 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);

{
    my $data = do { local $/; <DATA> };
    $data =~ s/^ Shapes \s+? \{ (.*) \} \s+ $/$1/sx;
    
    my @chunks;
    push @chunks, [ $1, $2, $3 ] 
      while $data =~ /
                      Shape=Circle \s+ 
                       \{ \s+ 
                          name=(\w+)     \s+ 
                          diameter=(\d+) \s+ 
                          color=(\w+)    \s+ 
                       \}
                     /gsx;
             
    print Dumper \@chunks;
}

__DATA__
Shapes
{
  Shape=Circle
  {
    name=joe
    diameter=3
    color=blue
  }
  Shape=Circle
  {
    name=steve
    diameter=5
    color=red
  }
}

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outputs 

$VAR1 = [
          [
            'joe',
            '3',
            'blue'
          ],
          [
            'steve',
            '5',
            'red'
          ]
        ];

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In reply to Re: Extracting information from a Text widget by shigetsu
in thread Extracting information from a Text widget by jlnelson19

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