use strict;
use warnings;

my $bad_states = { 'bad' => 1 };

{
    local $/ = '</ticket>';
    my $temp;

    while (<DATA>) {
        if (m/<ticket .*?state="(.*?)"/) {
            next if $bad_states->{$1};
        }
        if (m/<version="(.*?)"/) {
            $temp = $1;
            next if $temp =~ /[^\d\.]/;
        }
        if (m/<task>(.*?)<\/task>/) {
            $temp = $1;
            ### DO SOMETHING WITH TASK VALUE
        }
    }
}


__DATA__
<ticket ... state="bad" ....>
<version="1.23.4.8">
....
<task> ... </task>
....
</ticket>
<ticket ... state="good" ....>
<version="bad">
....
<task> ... </task>
....
</ticket>
<ticket ... state="good" ....>
<version="1.23.4.8">
....
<task>value here</task>
....
</ticket>

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