Re^2: pattern match of first occurance

[rdfield]

Or match only digits:

say $1 if $var =~m{<year>(\d+)</year>};

[deMize]

Comment: Nope he said he's trying to get:

2010<day>5</day>





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Demize

[rdfield]

Actually, no, he's not. The question was specifically why <year>.*</year> didn't match properly.