Re^2: pattern match of first occurance

Or match only digits:

say $1 if $var =~m{<year>(\d+)</year>};
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Re^3: pattern match of first occurance by deMize (Monk) on Jul 08, 2010 at 20:47 UTC
Comment: Nope he said he's trying to get: 2010<day>5</day> Demize	[reply]
Re^4: pattern match of first occurance by rdfield (Priest) on Jul 15, 2010 at 15:06 UTC
Actually, no, he's not. The question was specifically why <year>.*</year> didn't match properly. rdfield	[reply]