#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://www.txt2re.com/index.php3?s=15:Mar:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&50&-78&-34&-15&-8

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

$re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='(ar)';	# US State 1
$re3='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='(This)';	# Variable Name 1
$re5='(s)';	# Any Single Character 1
$re6='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re7='.';	# Uninteresting: c
$re8='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re9='.';	# Uninteresting: c
$re10='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re11='.';	# Uninteresting: c
$re12='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re13='(.)';	# Any Single Character 2
$re14='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re15='(l)';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 1

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8.$re9.$re10.$re11.$re12.$re13.$re14.$re15;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $usstate1=$1;
    $var1=$2;
    $c1=$3;
    $c2=$4;
    $w1=$5;
    print "($usstate1) ($var1) ($c1) ($c2) ($w1) \n";
}

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