while (<>) { chomp; while ( / (\w+) # Name ($1) \s* # Spaces (optional) = # Equal sign \s* # Spaces (optional) ( ' # Quote [^']* # Non-quotes ' # Quote | # -or- [^'\s]+ # Non-spaces|quotes ) /xg ) { my ($name, $expr) = ($1, $2); $expr = substr($expr, 1, -1) if substr($expr, 0, 1) eq "'"; print("var: $name, expr: $expr\n"); } } #### var: drsubc, expr: agauss(0, <--- Doesn't work :( var: delm1, expr: 0 + 0.045u*distm1 var: delm2, expr: 0 + 0.07u*distm2 var: delm3, expr: 0 + 0.07u*distm3 var: delm4, expr: 0 + 0.07u*distm4 var: delmt, expr: 0 + 0.07u*distmt var: delml, expr: 0.16u + 0.43u*distml var: delam, expr: 0.32u + 0.86u*distam var: dele1, expr: 0 + 0.25u*diste1 var: dele2, expr: 0 + 0.25u*diste2 var: delma, expr: 0.16u + 0.6u*distma var: pmsxt, expr: npmsxt + 12.5u*dpmsxt var: tih, expr: 0.35u <--- Works :) var: capct, expr: 0.50u + 0.13u*xdcapct var: capcti, expr: 0.55u + 0.13u*xdcapct var: m1t, expr: 0.41u + 0.05u*xdm1t var: m1ti, expr: 0.36u + 0.05u*xdm1t var: m2t, expr: 0.48u + 0.057u*dm2t var: m3t, expr: 0.48u + 0.057u*dm3t var: m4t, expr: 0.48u + 0.057u*dm4t var: mtt, expr: 0.48u + 0.057u*dmtt var: qtt, expr: 0.242u + 0.0202u*dqtt var: htt, expr: 0.242u + 0.0202u*dhtt var: mlt, expr: 2.0u + 0.2u*dmlt var: amt, expr: 4.0u + 0.4u*damt var: e1t, expr: 3.0u + 0.5u*de1t var: e2t, expr: 4.0u + 0.5u*xde1mat var: mat, expr: 4.0u + 0.4u*dmat var: m1m2t, expr: 0.35u + 0.05u*dm1m2t