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

Well, you could say

my $variable;
($variable) = ($variable = "find something soon") =~ /(find something).*/;

or

(my $variable = "find something soon") =~ s/^.*?(find something).*/$1/;