#!/usr/bin/perl $mystring = join("", <>); #print $&; print "-----------mystring--------------------------\n"; print $mystring; print "------------variables----------------------------\n"; if ($mystring =~ m/my.*?\((\S*?)\)/g) { #if ($mystring =~ s/my.*?\((\S*?)\)/xxxxxxx/g) { print "$1 \n"; print "-----------mystring again--------------------------\n"; print $mystring; print "-----------------------------------------\n"; }