hi all, So, I have a large text file that I am trynig to get some data out of. Each line that has the particular type of data I need starts with HISTOGRAM OF, and they all look something like this: 
HISTOGRAM OF * gpa      * ( 226)    GROUPED BY * deprint   *
What I need to get out of there is the gpa (or whatever the particular value is in its place). I do so, I have tried this: 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

$evalme = q[
while(<>) {
        s/^ //;
                if(/^HISTOGRAM OF(\w+)$/) {
                print "in loop\n";
        }
];

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With the simple idea of having it print "in loop" when it matches this. (Obviously, this is just a test scenario. At least, I hope it's obvious.) It's not matching anything, though. Presumably, this is because I am terrible at regular expressions. I have tried countless variations on this theme, to no avail. Could someone please point me in the right direction here? Thanks!

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