#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 3; use feature qw(say); my $string = q(Lorem ipsum kizuaheli); say $string; $string =~ m/^.+(.{3})(ipsum)(.{3}).+$/; ok( $1 eq q(em ), qq(\$1: $1) ); ok( $2 eq q(ipsum), qq(\$2: $2) ); ok( $3 eq q( ki), qq(\$3: $3) ); __END__ karls-mac-mini:monk karl$ ./tryna.pl 1..3 Lorem ipsum kizuaheli ok 1 - $1: em ok 2 - $2: ipsum ok 3 - $3: ki