my $zeile = qq~$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXT']['extList'] = 'css_styled_content,tsconfig_help,context_help'; //~; if( $zeile =~ m~\$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['EXT']['extList'] = '(.+)'\; //~ ) { print "Wörter, noch nicht separiert: $1"; my @w = split(m/\,/, $1); }else{ print "kein match\n"; }