#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @names=("Sam Adams","Bud weiser","Ice House"); my ($name, $temp); foreach $name (@names){ $temp=$name; $temp=~s/(\w)(\s)(\w)/$1 . "+" . $2 . "+" . $3/eig; print "$temp\n"; $name=~s/(\w)(\s)(\w)/$1/eig; print "$name\n"; } print "\n"; __END__ #### Sam+ +Adams Samdams Bud+ +weiser Budeiser Ice+ +House Iceouse #### Sam+ +Adams Sam Bud+ +weiser Bud Ice+ +House Ice