You might use $thisparser->{local} to collect stuff along the way (as opposed to using package variables): 
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Parse::RecDescent;
use Data::Dumper;

my $grammar = <<'END';

   foo: word(s)
   word:
      /\S+/
      {
         push @{$thisparser->{local}}, lc $item[1];
         $return = uc $item[1];
      }

END

my $parser = Parse::RecDescent->new($grammar);
my $what   = $parser->foo("Foo bAr baZ");
print Dumper $what, $parser->{local};

__END__
$VAR1 = [
          'FOO',
          'BAR',
          'BAZ'
        ];
$VAR2 = [
          'foo',
          'bar',
          'baz'
        ];

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The docs say that ... the use of $this...->{local} is always safe. You will have to reset this field if you plan to call the same parser multiple times and you don't want each run to add its items to those of the previous runs. And, of course, nothing prevents you from using local for storing more complicated data structures.

This said, I suggest that you read Corion's advices again. It seems like you're trying to mix parsing and evaluation, which might not be the wisest thing to do.

perl -ple'$_=reverse' <<<ti.xittelop@oivalf

Io ho capito... ma tu che hai detto?

In reply to Re: Parse grammar via RecDescent parser by polettix
in thread Parse grammar via RecDescent parser by the_dark_lord

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