use strict; $/ = undef; $_ = ; my ($prefix,$objdef,$suffix) = ( /(.*?\$obj = \{)(.*?)(\}.*)/s ); my @hashdef = ( $objdef =~ /\s*([A-Z_]+)\s*=>\s*(\'.*?\')/g ); print $prefix; for ( my $i=0; $i < scalar @hashdef; $i+=2 ) { print "\n\"$hashdef[$i]\"=>$hashdef[$i+1]"; } print "\n$suffix"; __DATA__ package Stats; sub new { my $pkg = shift; my $obj = { TOTAL_REPLIES => '6373', TOTAL_TOPICS => '574', TOTAL_MEMBERS => '211', LAST_REG_MEMBER_ID => '85-1039338924', LAST_REG_MEMBER_N => 'Unlimited_Destroyer', M_ONLINE_COUNT => '25', M_ONLINE_DATE => '1037453854', }; bless $obj, $pkg; return $obj; } 1; ; } 1;