use strict; my @values = ("B4/370", "", "B4/349", "foo/bar/foo"); foreach my $curvalue (@values) { print "Bau/Raum: '$curvalue'\t"; if ($curvalue =~ m{^\s*[^/]+\s*/\s*([^/]+)\s*$}) { $curvalue = $1; print "getroffen"; } print "\n"; }