The capturing parentheses in the second format are not properly aligned with the double-quote characters. Also, you should use a non-greedy quantifier. In fact, the whole regex can be greatly simplified:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $lineCount;

while (my $line = <DATA>)
{
    chomp $line;
    ++$lineCount;

    if ($line =~ / ( " .*? " ) /x)
    {
        my $zone = $1;
        print "Config line=> $lineCount; Value=> $line; zone=> $zone\n
+";
    }
}

__DATA__
set zone "VLAN" vrouter "trust-vr"
set zone id 100 "Internet_Only"

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Output:

Config line=> 1; Value=> set zone "VLAN" vrouter "trust-vr"; zone=> "V
+LAN"
Config line=> 2; Value=> set zone id 100 "Internet_Only"; zone=> "Inte
+rnet_Only"

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum

In reply to Re: Problem with alternating regex? by Athanasius
in thread Problem with alternating regex? by dwlepage

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