use strict; use warnings; while () { s/\|(.*?)\|(.*?)\^/"|$1|".case($2)."^"/e if !index $_, 'OBX'; print; } sub case { my $s = $_[0]; $s =~ s/[A-Z]/U$&/g; $s =~ s/[a-z]/L$&/g; return $s; } __DATA__ NTE||L|obr note OBX|NM|aaA..^Haem^RD2|7.5|g/dL|13.0-18.0|OR| NTE||L|obx note 1/1 for 3058 OBX|NM|dBf..^TWC^RD2|8.9|10*9/L|4.0-11.0||