use strict;
my $str = '<location><lat>41.47033705</lat><lon>-81.93612862</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.470320224762</lat><lon>-81.9364535808563</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.4704650640488</lat><lon>-81.9449239969254</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.4780235290527</lat><lon>-81.8454140424728</lon></location>
<location><lat>41.48597253</lat><lon>-81.82579113</lon></location>';
my $regex = qr/<lat>([^<]+)<\/lat><lon>([^<]+)<\/lon>/p;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html