#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index.php3?s=11:Jan:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-15&50&26&-28

$txt='11:Jan:2019 "This is an Example!"';

$re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='[a-z]';	# Uninteresting: w
$re3='([a-z])';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 1
$re4='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re5='(an)';	# Word 1
$re6='(.)';	# Any Single Character 1
$re7='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re8='(a)';	# Any Single Word Character (Not Whitespace) 2

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $w1=$1;
    $word1=$2;
    $c1=$3;
    $w2=$4;
    print "($w1) ($word1) ($c1) ($w2) \n";
}

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