use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $content = <<'GROK'; inc_albums=albumvalue inc_genres=genrevalue inc_artists =artistvalue inc_songs=songsvalue inc_ratings=ratingsvalue inc_year=yearvalue GROK { my %inc = map { my ($v) = $content =~ /inc_$_=(.*?)\n/; $_ => $v } qw(albums genres artists songs ratings year); print Dumper(\%inc); } { my %inc = map { $_ => ($content =~ /inc_$_=(.*?)\n/)[0]; } qw(albums genres artists songs ratings year); print Dumper(\%inc); } { my %inc = map { $_ => ($content =~ /inc_$_=(.*?)\n/)[0] || undef } qw(albums genres artists songs ratings year); print Dumper(\%inc); }