#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %subs = ( qr/(\d+)F/i => sub { warn "Matched F with $1\n"; return sprintf("%.u" , ($1 - 32) / 1.8) . 'C' }, qr/(\d+)C/i => sub { warn "Matched C with $1\n"; return sprintf("%.u" , ($1 * 1.8) + 32) . 'F' }, ); my $html = do { local $/; }; warn $html; foreach my $key (keys %subs) { warn "checking key: $key\n"; $html =~ s/$key/$subs{$key}->()/eg; warn $html; } warn $html; __DATA__ convert 180F to C convert 180C to F convert 30" to cm etc