i get error message when i execute.

Which one? There are lots of error messages out there, should we guess which one you get?

Anyway, manipulating HTML document is usually best done with some tools that make it easier. For example with a DOM representation: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
use Mojo::DOM;
my $dom = Mojo::DOM->new(do { local $/; <DATA> });
$dom->find('ul')->each(sub {
        $_->append_content('<span class="backTotop"> <a href="#a4">Bac
+k to top</a></span>');

});
say $dom->to_xml;

__DATA__
<ul>
    <li class="orangeTxt1"><a name="a3" id="a3">question-1</a></li>
    <li>Answer1</li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li class="orangeTxt1"><a name="a4" id="a4">question-2</a></li>
    <li>Answer2</li>
</ul>

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In reply to Re: insert html tags by moritz
in thread insert html tags by techtween

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