Madfisherman, i think you are trying to create a template program... I think this is closer to what you are looking for. 
open(TEMPLATE, "template.html") or die $!;
my @xtemplate = <TEMPLATE>;
close (TEMPLATE);

my $xtemplate = join("", @xtemplate);

# get these values from cgi or whereever
$replace1 ="meep";
$replace2 = "narf";

# your markers
@markers = ("TITLE", "STUFF");
# your replacement values, arrayisized (ITS A WORD I TELL YOU!)
@replace = ($replace1, $replace2);
for ($i=0; $i<@markers; $i++)
{
    eval ("\$xtemplate =~ s/\\*\\*\\*\\*$markers[$i]\\*\\*\\*\\*/$repl
+ace[$i]/g");
}
# your formatted result
print $xtemplate;

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In reply to Re: regex vs split by jryan
in thread regex vs split by maddfisherman

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