GetOptions(x=>my $x=1,y=>my $y); #### GetOptions('x',(my $x=1,y=>my $y)); #### \($x,$y,$z) #### (\$x,\$y,\$z) #### my $txt="Foo bar"; (my $clean=$txt)=~s/oo/u/g; open my $fh,"File" or die "File $!"; if (my ($x,$y,$z)=/A(..)(..)(..)Z/) { }