#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.014; my $string; my $pattern; while ( ( say "Input template string:" ) && ( $string = <> ) ) { while ( ( say "Input pattern:" ) && ( $pattern = ) ) { chomp $pattern; my $regex = qr/$pattern/p; $string =~ $regex; say "${^PREMATCH} \x{25a0}\x{25a0}${^MATCH}\x{25a0}\x{25a0} ${^POSTMATCH}"; } }