my $ENTRY = "http://www.asd.com/123/456/789/"; $ENTRY =~ /http\:\/\/www\.asd\.com\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\\"/; my($u_com, $name, $entry) = ($1, $2, $3); print "1 $u_com \n"; print "2 $name \n"; print "3 $entry \n";