Monks I have a regex question I would like to ask, probably a simple answer for you gurus out there. I have an hash value returned which can be one of two strings. 

Value A
 
CDATA[Starting SITUATION1 <311446961,2559575967> for K01.K01CSYSTE5.
 
and 
 
Value B
 
CDATA[Starting Enterprise situation SITUATION1 <311439572,1066403668> 
+for K01.K01CSYSTE5.

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Now, I need to match certain parts of the string and pass them off as parameters, so for example, if value A is returned, I need to match the following values from the pattern below 

CDATA[Starting SITUATION1 <311446961,2559575967> for K01.K01CSYSTE5.
 
Starting (Param 1)
SITUATION1 (Param 2)
K01.K01CSYSTE5 (Param 3)

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So I coded the following which works for value A 


if ($elementHash->{MSGTEXT} =~ /CDATA\[(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+.+(on|for)\s+(\
+S+)\./)
{
 
    $status = $1 (Which as the value "Starting")
    $sitname = $2 (Which as the value "SITUATION1")
    $type = $4 (Which as the value "K01.K01CSYSTE5")
}

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But I need to alter the regex pattern so I would also match param $1, $2 and $4 for value B

CDATA[Starting Enterprise situation SITUATION1 <311439572,1066403668> for K01.K01CSYSTE5.

Notice the extra bit of text "Enterprise situation" being return in value B.

So what I need is a universal pattern which will match 

 
Starting as $1 
SITUATION1 as $2
K01.K01CSYSTE5 as $4

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for the possibility of either VALUE A or VALUE B string being returned Hope this makes sense

In reply to RegEx pattern by MarcAllan

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