This can be done by capturing a match to an array: 
>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $s = 'age 23 name john';
 my @an = $s =~ m{ age \s+ (\d+) \s+ name \s+ ([a-z]+) }xms;
 print qq{@an};
"
23 john

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Note that if there is an overall match, each capturing group of the regex will return something to the array even if that particular group was not a part of the overall match: 
>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $s = 'age 23 name john';
 my @an = $s =~ m{ name \s+ ([a-z]+) | address \s+ (\d+) }xms;
 my $captured = join ':', @an;
 print qq{:$captured:};
"
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at -e line 1.
:john::

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The values from unmatched capture groups are undefined and can be detected and filtered: 
>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $s = 'age 23 name john';
 my @an = $s =~ m{ name \s+ ([a-z]+) | address \s+ (\d+) }xms;
 defined or $_ = 'UNdefined' for @an;
 my $captured = join ':', @an;
 print qq{:$captured:};
"
:john:UNdefined:

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See perlop, the section on Regexp Quote Like Operators, subsection on the m/PATTERN/msixpogc operator, about the seventh paragraph in.

Note: in Perl 5.10, this can also be done with named capture buffers.
Look for (?<NAME>pattern) in perlre Extended Patterns.

Updates:

  1. Added reference links.
  2. Added note re: named capture buffers.

In reply to Re: can i get a matched values as an array by AnomalousMonk
in thread can i get a matched values as an array by balakrishnan

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