I'm sorry, i threw everybody off... the first regex is missing the "/g" from the end, thus:

my $target = 'this is a test of the servise';

for my $is ($target =~ /is/g) {
    $target =~ s//are/;
}

print $target\n"; #yields 'thare are a test of the servaree'
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sorry about that!

Ismail