#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11112671 use warnings; my $string = 'aaa, bbb, ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc Qwerty'; my @a; $string =~ m{ (?## [ "aaa, bbb, ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc Qwerty", "aaa, bbb, ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc", "aaa, bbb, ccc,ddddd", "aaa, bbb, ccc", "aaa, bbb", "aaa", "bbb, ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc Qwerty", "bbb, ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc", "bbb, ccc,ddddd", "bbb, ccc", "bbb", "ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc Qwerty", "ccc,ddddd;eee-12345abc", "ccc,ddddd", "ccc", "ddddd;eee-12345abc Qwerty", "ddddd;eee-12345abc", "ddddd", "eee-12345abc Qwerty", "eee-12345abc", "Qwerty", ]