$file_name="index.htm";
open FILE, "$file_name" or die "can't read file: $!";
$char = getc FILE;

while($char=<MYFILE>)
   {
      $pattern1="select class=form";
   if(/$pattern1/i)#search for the string
     {
        $pattern2="option";
       if(/$pattern2/i)#search for the options
          {
             $pattern3="value";         
              if(/$pattern3/i)#search if the options has value associa
+ted with it
                {
                 print
                 $pattern4="/select";
                 open (MYFILE, ">save.txt") or die "no such file";  
                 .............
                    ..........
                 
          }//end first if statement
     }//end second if statement
   }//end while
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