$A_rx = qr{ \Q $A }x; $w_rx = qr{ \Q $w }x; $rx = qr{ $A_rx \s* \*? \s* cos \s* (?: \( \s* $w_rx \s* \*? \s* t \s* \) | $w_rx \s* \*? \s* t \s ) \s* A }x;