$str='<a href="Java.Sun.com'">http://srd.yahoo.com/S=2766679:WS1/R=1/K=java/SS=79559/OCS=79428/H=0/T=1043090181/F=641685fa5455462d4f69450a6fd72ecc/*http://java.sun.com/";><b>Java</b>.Sun.com</a></big>'; if($str=~/<a href=[\w\W]*>[\w\W]*<(\W)/) { print $1; print "\n***\n"; }
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