my %k; $k{'A'} = 'Foo'; $k{'B'} = 'Bar'; $k{'C'} = 'Baz'; #### s/@k{qw(A B C)}/stuff/; #### s/Foo Bar Baz/stuff/; #### s/FooBarBaz/stuff; #### print @k{qw(A B C)}, $/; #### $x = join('', @k{qw(A B C)}); s/$x/stuff/;