#!/usr/bin/perl

# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index-perl.php3?s=11:Jan:2019%20%22This%20is%20an%20Example!%22&-15&45

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

$re1='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='\\d';	# Uninteresting: d
$re3='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='\\d';	# Uninteresting: d
$re5='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re6='(\\d)';	# Any Single Digit 1
$re7='.*?';	# Non-greedy match on filler
$re8='(an)';	# Word 1

$re=$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8;
if ($txt =~ m/$re/is)
{
    $d1=$1;
    $word1=$2;
    print "($d1) ($word1) \n";
}

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