blablabla blobloblo #OK blabla #OK b #OK blabla #NOT, note the whitespaces before #### my $first_extra_string = 'I am a cow'; my $second_extra_string = 'moo too'; #### ($line =~ /^>(\S+)\s*(.*)\s*(.*)\s*(.*)/ ); my $daisy_cow = $3; my $shawn_the_sheep = $4;