$_=' Acrobatics, P/H, default(DX-6), page(B48) Bicycling, P/E, default(DX-4, SK:Motorcycle), page(B48) Breath Control, M/VH, page(B48) Free Fall, P/A, default(DX-5, HT-5), page(B48) Jumping, P/E, page(B48) Parachuting, P/E, default(DX-4, IQ-6), page(B48) Swimming, P/E, gives(=@max(@int(%Level/10), 1) to Swim), default(DX-4, + ST-5), page(B49) '; ($re=$_)=~s/((\()|(\))|.)/$2\Q$1\E$3/gs; @$ = (eval{/$re/}); die $@ if $@=~/unmatched/; $re = join'|',map{quotemeta}@$; print join"\n",/((?:$re|[^,])+)/g;