How can I extract the matches from the Perl match operator into variables?

Question

If I have a match operator, how do I save the parts of the strings captured in the parentheses in variables instead of using $1, $2, and so on?

Answer 1

@strings goes on the left and will contain result, then goes your input string $input_string. Don't forget flag g for matching all substrings.

my @strings=$input_string=~m/stuff (.*) stuff/g;