#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://www.txt2re.com/index.php3?s=15:Mar:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&31&-29&15

$txt='15:Mar:2019 "This is an Example!"';

$re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='((?:(?:AL)|(?:AK)|(?:AS)|(?:AZ)|(?:AR)|(?:CA)|(?:CO)|(?:CT)|(?:DE)|(?:DC)|(?:FM)|(?:FL)|(?:GA)|(?:GU)|(?:HI)|(?:ID)|(?:IL)|(?:IN)|(?:IA)|(?:KS)|(?:KY)|(?:LA)|(?:ME)|(?:MH)|(?:MD)|(?:MA)|(?:MI)|(?:MN)|(?:MS)|(?:MO)|(?:MT)|(?:NE)|(?:NV)|(?:NH)|(?:NJ)|(?:NM)|(?:NY)|(?:NC)|(?:ND)|(?:MP)|(?:OH)|(?:OK)|(?:OR)|(?:PW)|(?:PA)|(?:PR)|(?:RI)|(?:SC)|(?:SD)|(?:TN)|(?:TX)|(?:UT)|(?:VT)|(?:VI)|(?:VA)|(?:WA)|(?:WV)|(?:WI)|(?:WY)))(?![a-z])';	# US State 1
$re3='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='[a-z]';	# Uninteresting: w
$re5='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re6='([a-z])';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 1
$re7='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re8='a';	# Uninteresting: w
$re9='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re10='(a)';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 2

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8.$re9.$re10;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $usstate1=$1;
    $w1=$2;
    $w2=$3;
    print "($usstate1) ($w1) ($w2) \n";
}

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