Assigning REGEX Match to a separate variable?

[mmartin]

Hello Monks,

I have what is probably a simple question for you all.
How can I set a separate variable to the output of a REGEX match...?

The line I'm looking at is part of an XML file, and looks something like this(below):

                <String name="changeTypeName">Modified</String>"

I've tried the following but I'm getting an integer as the new variable's data instead of the string:
FYI: the array "@reportData" holds all the file's lines...

### The final result of this should be the string "Modified" from the 
+example line given above...

for (my $x = 0; $x <= $#reportData; $x++)
{
    if ($reportData[$x] =~ /^(\s+)(\<String name="changeTypeName"\>)/)
    {
        (my $changeType) = $reportData[$x] =~ /\>[A-z]+\</;

#        my $changeType = $reportData[$x] =~ /\>[A-z]+\</;

#        $reportData[$x] =~ /\>[A-z]+\</;
#        my $changeType = $reportData[$x];

#        my $changeType = $1 if $reportData[$x] =~ /\>[A-z]+\</;

        print "Change Type is = $changeType\n";
    }
}

While looping through the array it finds the correct line, so the "if statement" is working correctly. But I can't seem to get the value of the REGEX match within the "if statement" to be assigned to the variable $changeType...?

If anyone has any suggestion, please let me know.


Thanks in Advance,
Matt