#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @stuff = ('klaus@klaus.de klaus', 'fritz@fritz.de fritz', 'guenni@guenni.de guenni', 'hermann@hermann.de hermann'); foreach my $foo (@stuff) { $foo =~ /(\w+\@\w+\.\w+)\s(\w+)/; print $1 . " => ". $2; print "\n"; }