open(TMPFILE,") { chomp; my $myFile = join('',); if ($myFile =~ /'(\d{3})wordONE/) { $data = $1; } } close TMPFILE; open(TMPFILE,") { chomp; my $myFile2 = join('',); if ($myFile2 =~ /(\d{3})wordTWO/) { $data2 = $1; } } close TMPFILE; #Do stuff with $data and #data2