Match regex and assign results in single line of code

Question

I want to be able to do a regex match on a variable and assign the results to the variable itself. What is the best way to do it?

I want to essentially combine lines 2 a

Answer 1

Also, to amplify the accepted answer using the ternary operator to allow you to specify a default if there is no match:

my $match = $variable =~ /(*pattern*).*/ ? $1 : *defaultValue*;