Hi ozboomer, Try this,

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($int) = (split "!(?:INT=)?", "SLOT3=4,4,2!INT=115!VC=4!CS=270!PK=/
+")[1];
print "Method 1 :\t\$int: $int\n";
my ($int1) = ("SLOT3=4,4,2!INT=115!VC=4!CS=270!PK=/")=~ m/\!INT=([^\!]
++)/;
print "Method 2 :\t\$int: $int1\n";

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Comparsion of above methods.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Benchmark 'cmpthese';

cmpthese(-1, {
    method1  =>  'my ($int) = (split "!(?:INT=)?", "SLOT3=4,4,2!INT=11
+5!VC=4!CS=270!PK=/")[1]',
    method2  =>  'my ($int) = ("SLOT3=4,4,2!INT=115!VC=4!CS=270!PK=/")
+=~ m/\!INT=([^\!]+)/',
});



__END__
            Rate method1 method2
method1 133487/s      --    -64%
method2 366033/s    174%      --

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Regards,
Velusamy R.

eval"print uc\"\\c$_\""for split'','j)@,/6%@0%2,`e@3!-9v2)/@|6%,53!-9@2~j';

In reply to Re: Simple RegEx Substring Extraction from a Delimited Text Record by Samy_rio
in thread Simple RegEx Substring Extraction from a Delimited Text Record by ozboomer

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