I didn't know in the first thread what you wanted to do, "text is missing" was not very informative!

Parsing this HTML stuff can get complicated and I would agree with GrandFather that an HTML module is best for complex situations.

But....here is a one regex way of doing it (that seems to be what you want). This is only 5, "non-trivial" lines of code, but it did take me some time to write them. There is of course some stuff that is specific to your application and the example that I had!

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

use constant DEBUG => 1; #makes lines easier to see on screen

while (<DATA>) 
{
   if ( my ($title, $body) = 
         ($_ =~ /<TITLE>.*?(<p>.+?)<BODY>.*?(<p>.*)/)[0,1]
      )
   {

      $title .= "</p>";
      $body  .= "</p>";
      
      $title =~ s|<[^a/p]|<p>|g;    
      $title =~ s|.<p>|.</p><p>|g;
      $title =~ s|</p>|</p>\n|g if DEBUG;
      
      $body =~ s|<[^a/p]|<p>|g;
      $body =~ s|.<p>|.</p><p>|g;
      $body =~ s|</p>|</p>\n|g if DEBUG;
      
      print "<TITLE>\n$title\n\n",
            "<BODY>\n$body\n"; 
   }
}

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With DEBUG on, this prints: 
<TITLE>
<p>Dogs may not smarter than 6-year-olds, but researchers suggest cani
+nes might be on par with 2-year-olds.</p>
<p>Psychologist Stanley Coren says, "We do know that dogs understand f
+ar more than we credit them with, from about 165 words to 250 words."
+ Even better than understanding our words, dogs know our hand gesture
+s and body postures. Dogs may, in fact, far exceed 2-year-olds when i
+t comes to reading emotions.</p>


<BODY>
<p>Developmentally, 2-year-olds are generally more interested in thems
+elves, while dogs do care how their people feel, and instantly recogn
+ize a change in emotion.</p>
<p>"While your dog can't comprehend that you just received a traffic v
+iolation, he can tell that you're upset the second you walk through t
+he door," Coren says. "In fact, dogs can detect some subtle changes w
+hich even adults can't," adds Coren. "We can't smell cancer or predic
+t seizures, as dogs can..</p>
<p>When I posted this story on my Facebook Fan page recently (<a href=
+"http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/ Steve-Dale/50057343596?ref=ts">ww
+w.new.f acebook.com/pages/Steve-Dale/50057343596?ref=ts, or simply ty
+pe Steve Dale into the Facebook search), I received some interesting 
+responses.</p>
<p>Kelle: "Heck, my Italian Greyhound is smarter than most college stu
+dents..</p>
<p>Karen: "Depends on how you define smart.</p>

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In reply to Re: p tag substitution by Marshall
in thread p tag substitution by Anonymous Monk

Title:
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and:  <code> code here </code>
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