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my $string = '(<some word> | No Qualifier | <some word> | <some word>'
+;
my $start = index( $string, '|' ); # find first pipe position
my $end = index( $string, '|', $start+1 ); # find next pipe position
my $qualifier = substr( $string, $start, $end-$start+1 ); # extract