use re 'debug'; use strict; my (@rere,$rere); $_="hello world"; @rere = /(\w+)\s+(\w+)/; $rere = "(".join(",",@rere).")"; print "\$1 = $1, \$2 = $2, \$rere = $rere\n"; $_="foo bar"; print "\$1 = $1, \$2 = $2, \$rere = $rere\n"; @rere = /(\w+)\s+(\w+)/; $rere = "(".join(",",@rere).")"; print "\$1 = $1, \$2 = $2, \$rere = $rere\n";