Yep! Read up on 'numbered match variables' in perlre. They can be used as in the following:

use strict;
use warnings;

while (<DATA>) {
    s/\[image=([\w\.]+)\]/<img src="$1">/;
    s/\[color=([\w#]+)\]/<font color="$1">/;
    s/\[link=([\w:\/\.]+)\]/<a class="my_link" href="$1">/;
    print;

}
__DATA__
Hey have a look at this [image=var.jpg]
Insert a [color=#99CC99] [link=http://www.perlmonks.net] to the site

[download]

Be warned, though, that what you're attempting to do might not be the best way to achieve what it is that you're trying to achieve. Are there any closing tags available for your bracketed markup?

Hanlon's Razor - "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"

In reply to Re: Converting custom mark-up to HTML by Art_XIV
in thread Converting custom mark-up to HTML by bkiahg

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