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Hi aakikce, try like this,

use strict; use warnings; my $content = do{local $/; <DATA>}; $content =~ s/(<surname>(?:(?:(?!<\/surname>).)*)<\/surname>\,?\s*<giv +enname>(?:(?:(?!<\/givenname>).)*)<\/givenname>)/<au>$1<\/au>/gsi; $content =~ s/(<\/givenname>\,\s*)<au>(\s*<surname>)/$1$2/gis; $content =~ s/(<\/givenname>\s*)<\/au>(\,\s*<surname>)/$1$2/gis; $content =~ s/(<givenname>(?:(?:(?!<\/givenname>).)*)<\/givenname>\,?\ +s*<surname>(?:(?:(?!<\/surname>).)*)<\/surname>)/<au>$1<\/au>/gsi; print $content; __DATA__ <surname>Coff</surname>, <givenname>D.,</givenname> et al., <givenname +>J.</givenname> <surname>Amat</surname> <surname>Coffman</surname>, < +givenname>D.D.,</givenname> <givenname>D.,</givenname>, <surname>Coff</surname> et al., <givenname +>J.</givenname> <surname>Amat</surname> <surname>Coffman</surname>, < +givenname>D.D.,</givenname> output: ------- <au><surname>Coff</surname>, <givenname>D.,</givenname></au>, <au><sur +name>Coff</surname>, <givenname>D.,</givenname></au> <au><givenname>D.,</givenname>, <surname>Coff</surname></au>, <au><giv +enname>D.,</givenname>, <surname>Coff</surname></au>

In your expected output, second line is same as input. I think it's typo.

Updated: aakikce, now you can try with your sample.

Regards,
Velusamy R.


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