#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $myString = "I attended a Star Training Company training course."; my $oldString = $myString; $myString =~ s/Star/Moon/; print "The original string was: \n'$oldString'\n\n"; print "After replacement the string is: \n'$myString'\n\n"; if ($oldString =~ m/Star/) { print "The string 'Star' was matched and replaced in the old string"; }