#!/usr/bin/perl -l # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1206677 use strict; use warnings; for ( 'Thanos1983+|Thanos1983', 'Thanos1983+|' ) { print; /([^|]*)(\|)([^|]*)/ and print "I found:\t\$1: '$1'\t\$2: '$2'\t\$3: '$3'"; }