if ($line =~ /^Parsing \[(sent. \d+) len. \d+\]: \[(.+)\] +/) { #$one_match_ref->[1] = $1; ##Multiple in file #$one_match_ref->[2] = $2; #$one_match_ref->[2] =~ s/,//g; my $nocomma_sent = $2; $nocomma_sent =~ s/,//g; push( @{$one_match_ref}, $1, $nocomma_sent); }