So how does one maintain the integrity of the backslashes? I am not sure what you mean. Abbreviated Script:

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

my @search = ("/<ID>(.*?)<\/ID>/",             # ID
          "/<TimeStamp>(.*?)<\/TimeStamp>/",    # Time Stamp
          "/<IP_Address>(.*?)<\/IP_Address>/",    # IP Address
          "/<Title>(.*?)<\/Title>/",        # Title
          "/<Complainant><Entity>(.*?)<\/Entity>/",    # Reporting Ent
+ity
          "/<Contact>(.*?)<\/Contact>/",        # Reporting Entity Con
+tact
          "/<Address>(.*?)<\/Address>/",        # Reporting Entity Add
+ress
          "/<\/Phone><Email>(.*?)<\/Email>/");    # Reporting Entity E
+mail Address

print @search;

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dpich@m6400-vb:~/Documents$ perl 2time.pl
/<ID>(.*?)</ID>//<TimeStamp>(.*?)</TimeStamp>//<IP_Address>(.*?)</IP_A
+ddress>//<Title>(.*?)</Title>//<Complainant><Entity>(.*?)</Entity>//<
+Contact>(.*?)</Contact>//<Address>(.*?)</Address>//</Phone><Email>(.*
+?)</Email>/dpich@m6400-vb:~/Documents$

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In reply to Re^2: I don't understand why I'm getting an "Use of uninitialized value" error by TheBigAmbulance
in thread I don't understand why I'm getting an "Use of uninitialized value" error by TheBigAmbulance

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