use strict; use warnings; use Parse::RecDescent (); use Data::Dumper qw( Dumper ); my $grammar = <<'__END_OF_GRAMMAR__'; { use strict; use warnings; } test : | expr(s) /^\Z/ { \%data } expr : name '=' /\d+/ { $data{ $item{name} } = $item[-1]; 1 } name : /\w+/ __END_OF_GRAMMAR__ my $parser = new Parse::RecDescent($grammar) or die; my $data = $parser->test("x = 1 y = 2 z = 3") or die; print Dumper $data;