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$foo = 'var-a numeric (10,0) = NULL, var-b char (10) = NULL, var-c dum +my (1, 5)';
my $str = 'var-a numeric (10,0) = NULL, var-b char (10) = NULL, var-c +dummy (1, 5)'; my @bits = $str =~ ... )* # as many times as possible )/gx; print ">$_<\n" for @bits;