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use strict; my ($this, $that, $tother, $twix); ... ($this, $that, $tother, $twix) = ($1,$2,$3,$4); } print "$this $that $tother $twix\n"; # ...or whatever
($this, $that, $tother, $twix) = $fname =~ /^(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})/; print "$this $that $tother $twix\n"; # ...or whatever