Very late, but just for fun since I can't sleep anyway...
Solution #1:
use strict; use warnings; $/ = "<br /><br />"; while(<DATA>) { chomp; my @record = split(/<br \/>/); print "@record\n" if (@record == 3); } __DATA__ Name1<br />Address1<br /><br />Name2<br />Address2<br />URL2<br /><br +/>Name3<br />Address3<br />URL3<br /><br />Name4<br />Address4<br />< +br />
and solution #2:
use strict; use warnings; $/ = "<br />"; my $i = -1; my @record; while(<DATA>) { chomp; if (/^$/) { $i = -1; next; } $record[++$i] = $_; print "@record\n" if ($i == 2); } __DATA__ Name1<br />Address1<br /><br />Name2<br />Address2<br />URL2<br /><br +/>Name3<br />Address3<br />URL3<br /><br />Name4<br />Address4<br />< +br />

In reply to Re: Regexp with optional group containing backreference by AReed
in thread Regexp with optional group containing backreference by knewter

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