Close?
I tested it with a variety of cases, and I think it does what you're looking for. 
my @subs = (\&hi, \&bye, \&bueno, \&vivid);
my $foo="here is a test for you";
if ($foo=~/(hyah)|(is)|(a)|(yodu)/){ #pass
    my $m = &lastmatch;
    print "--$m--";
    --$m;
    &{$subs[ $m]};
}

sub lastmatch {
    my $found;
      for (1..10) {#whatever is appropriate.
        if (eval ("\$\$_")) {$found = $_; next;}
        return $found if $found;#short circuit for loop
      }
}


sub hi {print "hi"}
sub bye {print "bye"}
sub bueno {print "bueno"}
sub vivid {print "vivid"}

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In reply to Re: What's like $+ but not gives the ordinal?(boo) by boo_radley
in thread What's like $+ but not gives the ordinal? by John M. Dlugosz

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