List::MoreUtils::after_incl { $_ !~ /DBIC/ } List::MoreUtils::after_incl { /DBIC/ } List::MoreUtils::before { /Dancer/ } @YourList #### my $partition=0; my @parts = List::MoreUtils::part { if($pivots[0]) { if($partition % 2 == 0) { if($_ =~ $pivots[0]) { ++$partition; } } else { if($_ !~ $pivots[0]) { ++$partition; shift @pivots; } } } $partition } qw; print join(',',@{ $parts[2] }),"\n"; #### my @input=qw; my @firsts=@input[0..@input-2]; my @seconds=@input[1..@input-1]; my $inside=0; my @result; List::MoreUtils::pairwise { if($inside == 1) { my $pat=qr(Dancer); push @result,$a; if($a !~ $pat && $b =~ $pat) { $inside=-1; } } elsif($inside == 0) { my $pat=qr(DBIC); if($a =~ $pat && $b !~ $pat) { $inside=1; } } } @firsts, @seconds; print("@result\n"); ####