my $str = shift; #the data showed in the above my $beg = "MSG_ID_CELL_INFO_PRINT"; my $end = "MSG_ID_CELL_CAMP_REQ"; my $key1 = "cellid="; my $key2 = ";"; while ($str =~ m/$beg.*?$key1(\d+)(.*?)$end(.*?)$key1(\d+)/g) { my $info_cell = $2; my $camp_cell = $4; if ($info_cell ne $camp_cell) { my $cell_info = $beg.$1.$key1.$2.$end; while ($cell_info =~ m/$beg(.*?)$key2/g) { my $print_info = $1; print FILEOUT "$beg.$print_info"; } } }