use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.010;
my $line = '<suite subfamily="Database Connect - SQL" name="DBMgrTest"
+ family="Databases">';
my $pattern = q{ <suite
\s*
subfamily="(.*?)"
\s*
name="(.*?)"
\s*
family="(.*?)"
};
if ( my ($subfamily, $name, $family) = ($line =~ /$pattern/xms) ) {
#Successful match, and the left hand side of the equals sign
#is a list, and in list context m// returns a list of the
#matches for the parenthesized groups
say $subfamily;
say $name;
say $family;
}
--output:--
Database Connect - SQL
DBMgrTest
Databases
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