#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://www.txt2re.com/index.php3?s=12:Oct:2018%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&42

$txt='12:Oct:2018 "This is an Example!"';

$re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='\\d';	# Uninteresting: d
$re3='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='\\d';	# Uninteresting: d
$re5='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re6='\\d';	# Uninteresting: d
$re7='(\\d)';	# Any Single Digit 1

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $d1=$1;
    print "($d1) \n";
}

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