#the next 2 line have been assigned earler in the program from reading
+ in the config file
$filter = "user (.*) has (logged on)";  
$output_string = "user $1 has accessed the system and is $2"; 



#this line has been read in from a log file
$log_string = "user bob has logged on"; 


# need to search the log string and format output string replacing $1 
+& $2
$output_string =~s/filter//g;
$output_string =~s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg;


print "$output_string\n";
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output is "user has accessed the system and is"
should be "user bob has accessed the system and is logged on"
looks like the output string needs to evaluate $1 & $2 how can this be done ? I know that if the output string is assigned after $1 is assigned it will work, but I needs to do this in the order specified

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