Hi, Try like this,

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my $word="test";
while(<DATA>) {
    next if !/$word/i;
    while(/\b($word)\b/gi) {
        my $pre = $`; my $col;
        ($pre eq "") ? ($col = 0):($col = split/\s+/, $pre);  
        print "The word repeated in Line ".$.." and in column ".++$col
+."\n";
    }
}

__DATA__
This is a test from tester okay
nothing
message test center test
test in proress ... test one test two

__END__
Output as:
----------
The word repeated in Line 1 and in column 4
The word repeated in Line 3 and in column 2
The word repeated in Line 3 and in column 4
The word repeated in Line 4 and in column 1
The word repeated in Line 4 and in column 5
The word repeated in Line 4 and in column 7

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Regards,
Velusamy R.

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In reply to Re: Can anyone simplify this code by Samy_rio
in thread Can anyone simplify this code by Anonymous Monk

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