@words = split /\s+/, print join "\n", @words, ""; __DATA__ How are you? #### How are you? #### map { s/[\?\.\!]*//g; } (@words = split /\s+/, ); #### $msg =~ s/\bu\b/you/g; # Replace "u" with "you" $msg =~ s/\br\b/are/g; # Replace "r" with "are" ...