hi monks i got problem with the following code 
$w = "host, my-host-name   # My Host Name";

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i want to parse the "my-host-name" in a single scalar variable how do i do it i tried it this way but it didnt work 
($x) = $w =~ /^host,\s*(\w+)\s*/;

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but the $x contained only "my". i know we can parse it like this 
($x) = $w =~ /^host,\s*(\w+-\w+-\w+)\s*/;

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but the problem is the name "my-host-name" is not always the same way it can also be "myname" or "my_host-name" etc

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