note 2teez <i>however the quality=large at the end could be quality=small quality=medium etc so I can't use that in the regex</i><br><br> Use this then, it works I believe: <code> ... if ( my @arr = ($line) =~ m/itag=(.+?)&url=(.+?=.+?)(?=,itag.+?)/ig ) { print join "\n" => @arr; } ... </code> OR <code> use warnings; use strict; while (<DATA>) { chomp; if ( my @arr = /itag=(.+?)&url=(.+?=.+?)(?=,itag.+?)/ig ) { print join "\n" => @arr; } } __DATA__ itag=44&url=http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v13---lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&key=yt1&expire=1348823962&itag=44&ipbits=8&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&mt=1348800611&ip=92.22.37.231&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/webm;+codecs="vp8.0,+vorbis"&fallback_host=tc.v13.cache3.c.youtube.com&sig=8353F6329CDA8168C4F7F29E20F2AE3F6509D85F.C582D63C02534232CE8E28D5ADC5B119AAEF2963&quality=large,itag=35&url=http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v11---lscache4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=algorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&expire=1348823962&algorithm=throttle-factor&burst=40&ip=92.22.37.231&itag=35&sver=3&key=yt1&mt=1348800611&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&ipbits=8&factor=1.25&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/x-flv&fallback_host=tc.v11.cache4.c.youtube.com&sig=885C9C098DF9D80E780177E01CF944BC4F9564FE.9A374618A2BE8C2E562C8622DCB449A7071E37BD&quality=large,itag=104&url=http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v13---lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&key=yt1&expire=1348823962&itag=44&ipbits=8&sver=3&ratebypass=yes&mt=1348800611&ip=92.22.37.231&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/webm;+codecs="vp8.0,+vorbis"&fallback_host=tc.v13.cache3.c.youtube.com&sig=8353F6329CDA8168C4F7F29E20F2AE3F6509D85F.C582D63C02534232CE8E28D5ADC5B119AAEF2963&quality=small,itag=15&url=http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v11---lscache4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=algorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&expire=1348823962&algorithm=throttle-factor&burst=40&ip=92.22.37.231&itag=35&sver=3&key=yt1&mt=1348800611&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&ipbits=8&factor=1.25&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/x-flv&fallback_host=tc.v11.cache4.c.youtube.com&sig=885C9C098DF9D80E780177E01CF944BC4F9564FE.9A374618A2BE8C2E562C8622DCB449A7071E37BD&quality=quality=small quality=medium,itag=55&url=http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v11---lscache4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=algorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&expire=1348823962&algorithm=throttle-factor&burst=40&ip=92.22.37.231&itag=35&sver=3&key=yt1&mt=1348800611&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&ipbits=8&factor=1.25&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/x-flv&fallback_host=tc.v11.cache4.c.youtube.com&sig=885C9C098DF9D80E780177E01CF944BC4F9564FE.9A374618A2BE8C2E562C8622DCB449A7071E37BD&quality=quality=small quality=medium,itag= ...AND SO ON </code> Output <code> 44 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http://o-o---preferred---sn-u5a3u5a3-h5oe---v11---lscache4.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?upn=8kbZJLkF5PA&sparams=algorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&fexp=927101%2C923006%2C922401%2C920704%2C912806%2C913419%2C913546%2C913556%2C919349%2C919351%2C925109%2C919003%2C920201%2C912706&expire=1348823962&algorithm=throttle-factor&burst=40&ip=92.22.37.231&itag=35&sver=3&key=yt1&mt=1348800611&mv=m&source=youtube&ms=au&ipbits=8&factor=1.25&cp=U0hTTVhNUV9LTENOM19QR1VKOkFyQWNVSVFNbmNL&id=1100a4b92b939cd6&type=video/x-flv&fallback_host=tc.v11.cache4.c.youtube.com&sig=885C9C098DF9D80E780177E01CF944BC4F9564FE.9A374618A2BE8C2E562C8622DCB449A7071E37BD&quality=quality=small quality=medium </code>  <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-918402"> If you tell me, I'll forget.<br> If you show me, I'll remember.<br> if you involve me, I'll understand.<br> --- Author [unknown to me] </div></div> 996103 996136