#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.016; use warnings; #1061936 my $str = q!AND (random text) AND (more random text) AND (yet more)!; my $str2 = q!OR (random text) OR (more random text) OR (yet more)!; while ( $str =~ /(AND )(\(.*\))?( AND|$)/ig ) { say $2; } while ( $str2 =~ /(OR )(\(.*\))?( OR|$)/ig ) { say "Rowing: $2"; } =head C:\>D:\1061936.pl (random text) AND (more random text) AND (yet more) Rowing: (random text) OR (more random text) OR (yet more) =cut