$names = Location:G-Canada

$names = Location:Germany

$names = Location:p-Australia

$names = Location:e-Britain

$names = Location:USA

$names = Location:c-India

$names = Location:Netherlands

$names = Location:r-China

my ($location) = $names =~ /Location:(.*)/i;
    $location= $location=~ /-(.*)/i;

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Currently I am doing this to get the Country names. (See some are having c- or r- or something in front of the names). My question is, Is there a better way to do it(in a single code). Thanks in advance Monks.

In reply to Is there a better way to get the Country names with help of Regax by Anonymous Monk

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