my @array = qw('a3-da-um-=TUG2-:II 1 AKTUM-=TUG2 1 IB2-:4-=TU[G2 S[A]6 DAR); for my $word(@array) { if ($word =~ /(\(U)(\[|\])?(\w)?(2)/) { $& =~ s/$1/Ú/; $$ =~ s/$4//; } print "@array\n";