Hi fellow Monks!
I am running a pattern match string, in order to look for substrings like:
weight gain

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in strings like: 
4;T;X;15;O20;O26.0;O26.0;O260;Excessive weight gain in pregnancy;242;U
+NDEF;UNDEF;2-067;1-089
4;T;X;15;O20;O26.1;O26.1;O261;Low weight gain in pregnancy;242;UNDEF;U
+NDEF;2-067;1-089

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Performing the pattern match is easy of course, just by: 
if($big_string=~/$small_string/) {print "Found match\n";}

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however, I seem to not be able to do exactly what I need, and that is that I would like to keep only:
Excessive weight gain in pregnancy
Low weight gain in pregnancy

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from the afore-mentioned "big strings". any hints on how to do that?

In reply to How can I remove unwated parts of a string in a pattern match? by Anonymous Monk

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