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

Almost ....

You can combine the match and retrieve the matched value with a substitution.

$variable =~ s/.*(find something).*/$1/;

AFAIK, You will always have to copy the value though, unless you do not care to clobber the original.