#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.014; my @arr = ( "line1 perl monks wisdom", "line2 monks perl wisdom", "line3 perl perl monks monks wisdom", "line4 perl perl monks monks monkly wisdom", ); my $matchword = qr/monks/; for my $line (@arr) { if ( $line =~ $matchword ) { my @arr_out = split /($matchword)/, $line; for my $arr_element(@arr_out) { say $arr_element; } } } =head OUTPUT line1 perl monks wisdom line2 monks perl wisdom line3 perl perl monks monks wisdom line4 perl perl monks monks monkly wisdom =cut